‘PR stunt, drama’: BJP on Arvind Kejriwal’s decision to resign as Delhi CM

“He talks about honesty? Young students have died due to waterlogging, and there’s no free electricity as promised. Instead, electricity bills have surged by 25%. There’s a severe water crisis in the national capital as well,” Sachdeva said. He added, “He boasts about improvements in education and healthcare, but there’s a shortage of medicines, no ICU facilities, and fake medicines found in government hospitals. Why has all of this happened? Because your government is corrupt.”

Senior BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi said that several Opposition leaders, like Madhu Khoda from Jharkhand, Lalu Prasad Yadav from Bihar, and Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa from Tamil Nadu, had resigned as chief minister before going to jail so that the government would continue to function and people would not face any problem.

“But Kejriwal did not resign in the last six months. Now all of a sudden he is saying he will resign, that too after two days. Why doesn’t he call a cabinet meeting and dissolve it immediately by writing to the L-G (lieutenant governor) and hold polls in Delhi?” said Trivedi.

The BJP further claimed that Kejriwal’s decision was driven by indirect pressure from the Supreme Court.

BJP leader Shazia Ilmi, in a video message, accused Kejriwal of being a “master of political manoeuvring” and claimed his resignation talk was an attempt to gain sympathy. She added that the Delhi CM should have resigned much earlier.

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla attacked the leader, alleging that Kejriwal’s resignation is part of a larger plan to position his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, as the next Chief Minister.