Hyderabad: Accusing Arvind Kejriwal of frittering away the huge mandate given to him by the people of Delhi and indulging in ‘drama’, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said the Centre cannot stoop to his level and answer all the allegations levelled by the chief minister. “If we also start doing similar things, who will take care of the government? The Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is a very busy man who always thinks of welfare of people and works for them and only thinks of the country. Who has got time to reply to every statement of Kejriwalji,” he said.
The Minister of State for Home said people of Delhi gave mandate to Kejriwal so that his government would serve them “but they are indulging in drama instead”. If central ministers also comment on everything Kejriwal says, then who would serve the people of the country, he told reporters here.
“We are so busy running such a big country and people have given us an opportunity to serve it.
“The people of Delhi have given them an opportunity with a huge mandate to serve the public but they are losing the opportunity and doing drama,” he alleged.
Rijiju also criticised Kejriwal for “abusing the Prime Minister all the time”.
“We may have ideological differences or political differences but that does not mean one must abuse the Prime Minister all the time,” he said.
His comments came a day after Kejriwal accused Modi of “declaring Emergency in Delhi” following Aam Aadmi Party MLA Dinesh Mohaniya’s arrest over the charges of molestation and sexual harassment of women.
Reacting sharply to Mohaniya’s arrest, Kejriwal said in a tweet, “Modi declares emergency in Delhi. Arresting, raiding, terrorising, filing false cases against all those whom Delhi elected (sic).”
In another tweet, the Delhi CM said, “Dinesh Mohaniya arrested from his press conference in front of all TV cameras. What msg does Modi want to give to everyone?”
The Delhi Chief Minister has blamed Modi on many occasions in the past for allegedly not allowing him to run the city government properly.-PTI
