‘Should a minister resign for including criminals in party’: Kejriwal attacks Shah

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday hit back at Union Home minister Amit Shah over his remarks on the Bills to remove the prime minister and chief ministers, saying it is now clear that the BJP “conspired” to remove Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Delhi chief minister.

The AAP’s response came after an X post from the Shah’s office quoted his statement that it was inappropriate for a chief minister or prime minister accused of corruption or serious crimes to run government from jail.

Attacking Shah, Kejriwal in a post in Hindi on X asked, “If a person includes criminals of serious crimes in their party, clears all their cases and makes them ministers, deputy chief ministers or chief ministers - should such a minister or prime minister also resign from their post?”

He also said if someone was falsely accused and later proven innocent, the minister responsible for framing the case should also face punishment.

AAP leader Anurag Dhanda alleged that the BJP wanted to impose a “dictatorship” by targeting Opposition govts.

“The BJP and Amit Shah have now made it clear that it was the BJP’s conspiracy to remove Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi CM. If he had resigned, they could have tried the same thing in other states as well. It’s clear they want to bring a dictatorship,” Dhanda told the news agency.