Congress is finished, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Regarding the previous day’s security protocol, Kejriwal appealed to the police officers in Gujarat “to stop taking wrong orders” from the state government

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said that the Congress
is “finished” and that the AAP would be contesting “all seats” in Gujarat in the Assembly elections due later this year.

Kejriwal who is in Gujarat to campaign for the elections was responding to media queries in Ahmedabad.

When a reporter asked him about the allegation levelled by the Congress that AAP was not paying salaries in Punjab and is instead using the money for electioneering in Gujarat, Kejriwal said, ”Congress khatam ho gayi hai (meaning is Congress is finished). You should stop taking their questions. The public has no such questions on its mind.”

Regarding a query on whether Kejriwal’s dinner at an autorickshaw driver’s residence at Ghatlodia on Monday was intentional, given that the area falls under the constituency of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and is also part of the Lok Sabha constituency of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Delhi CM said, “It was not planned, these leaders too should be visiting them.”

Addressing the confusion regarding his “security protocol” while travelling in an auto enroute to the residence of the driver – Vikram Dantani – Monday evening, Kejriwal said, “Can a state’s police say they won’t give security if I go in an autorickshaw? Their
motive was not to give security or not, it was to stop me from going amid the public. Ultimately, I went and they gave me security.”

Meanwhile, Kejriwal appealed to the police officers “to stop taking wrong orders” from the government.

“I saw this yesterday too when I was stopped (from going to Dantani’s residence in an auto)…the one who stopped me yesterday, it was not his fault, he was being ordered from the top, on the phone. I say, stop taking their wrong orders,” said Kejriwal, while emphasising that he was the first one to raise the issue of pay grade of police personnel.