Kejriwal got interim bail to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, the AAP convenor accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of attempting to «crush» not only the opposition but also his own party's leadership to propagate the idea of «One Nation, One Leader».
Addressing a press conference, which resembled an election rally with supporters crowding AAP headquarters on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, Kejriwal said: «Why did you arrest Kejriwal? With this arrest you have given a message to the country — if I can arrest Kejriwal, I can arrest you also, I can arrest anyone.»
He said the Prime Minister was on a very dangerous mission. «This mission is called 'One Nation One Leader'. He wants to finish all leaders through this. The entire opposition will be put behind bars and then he will finish the politics of BJP leaders,» he said, adding: «If they win the election, you take it in writing on an affidavit from me, Mamata didi will be behind bars, Uddhav Thackeray, Tejaswi Yadav, MK Stalin — everybody will be behind bars. I am here to beg from 140 crore — save my country, save my India from this dictatorship.»
Flanked by the top leadership of his party, including Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak and Delhi ministers Gopal Rai, Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, Kejriwal said: «They ask us who is the PM candidate of the INDIA bloc? Today, I ask the BJP — who will be your PM? Next year on September 17, Modi ji will be 75 years old. Modi ji had made a rule that anyone who is above 75 will retire. They