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PM Modi responds to Arvind Kejriwal’s Claims on Political Arrests: ‘Leaders should read the Constitution…’

Rubbishing all allegations made by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, leaders should read the constitution to understand the constitutional remit of institutions and individuals. Post his release on interim bail, the AAP supremo has challenged the Prime Minister to have all the party's top leaders arrested. Speaking on the political scenario in Bengal and the ruling TMC's prospects, he said, "TMC is fighting for survival in the Bengal elections. This time, the best-performing state in India is going to be West Bengal. BJP is getting maximum success in West Bengal.

He was speaking to news agency ANI.

Rubbishing all allegations made by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, leaders should read the constitution to understand the constitutional remit of institutions and individuals. He was speaking to news agency ANI.

Replying to a question on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's allegation that PM Modi decides who will go to jail, he said, "It would be better if these people read the Constitution, read the law of the country, I do not need to say anything to anyone."

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Senior AAP functionaries have consistently maintained that the saffron party is not confident about even crossing the majority mark in Lok Sabha elections and that's why it is targeting all opposition leaders including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Post his release on interim bail, the AAP supremo has challenged the Prime Minister to have all the party's top leaders arrested. After the Delhi CM's arrest for his alleged role in the now scrapped Delhi Excise Policy, Taking a jibe at Arvind Kejriwal, the PM said that he was sure that, unlike Kejriwal, other politicians would not be lacking in morals.

Speaking on the political scenario in Bengal and the ruling TMC's prospects, he said, "TMC is fighting for survival in the Bengal elections. In the last Assembly elections, we were 3 and the people of Bengal took us to 80 (seats), we got a huge majority in the last Lok Sabha elections. This time, the best-performing state in India is going to be West Bengal. BJP is getting maximum success in West Bengal. The election of West Bengal is one-sided, people are leading it and because of that people sitting in the government, TMC people are frustrated... BJP workers are being put in jails before the elections. Despite all these atrocities, more people are voting and the number of votes is also increasing."

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