Planned move to muzzle voices of opposition: NCP(SP)

The Nationalist Congress Party (SP) on Thursday said the arrest of Delhi DM Arvind Kejriwal is a systematic and planned move by the BJP to muzzle the voices of opposition leaders and keep them away from campaigning in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

NCP(SP) leader Clyde Crasto said leaders like Kejriwal have been targeted because they are highlighting the “misdeeds” of the BJP.

The highlighting of misdeeds during campaigning will affect the votes of the BJP and, therefore, the ruling party is making sure these leaders are not present during the campaigning, he claimed.

“The arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is a systematic planned move by the BJP to muzzle the voices of opposition leaders and keep them away from campaigning in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election,” Crasto said.

He said Kejriwal’s arrest is nothing but mockery of democracy by the BJP.