Arvind Kejriwal to hold 'Janta ki Adalat' at Jantar Mantar on September 22

NEW DELHI: Ex-Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who recently stepped down from the post in the wake of corruption allegations, will be holding "Janta ki Adalat" at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital on September 22.

Praising Arvind Kejriwal for foiling BJP's "conspiracies", Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said all the office bearers will have to become like the party convenor.

"Arvind Kejriwal foiled all the conspiracies of BJP in the last 2 years and now it is a face to face fight. If Arvind Kejriwal is made the Chief Minister with a huge majority, then the country's respect will increase and the respect of the conspirators will dented. Therefore, all the office bearers will have to become Arvind Kejriwal. On September 22, 'Janta ki Adalat' (a public court) will be held at Jantar Mantar, which will be addressed by Arvind Kejriwal," Gopal Rai was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

While Kejriwal has not given any statement since his resignation on Tuesday, sources said he will take questions from the public about his decision at the event.

Gopal Rai, who is also a Delhi minister, said the BJP fears AAP's new useful inventions in Delhi, based on which the party can form its government at the centre.

"When all the tricks of the BJP failed, they put Arvind Kejriwal in jail. Because as long as he is out, the work in Delhi cannot be stopped. Even after this, the work in Delhi did not stop. BJP demanded resignation from Arvind Kejriwal and said that the government can not run from jail," affirmed the senior AAP leader.

The AAP Delhi State Convenor mentioned, "For the first time in the history of India, the BJP arrested an elected CM and put him in jail and made the mark of being a dictatorship. Arvind Kejriwal also proved that a government can operate from jail. BJP was thinking that just like they broke governments in other states and formed their own, they will uproot and throw out the Delhi government in the same way."

Also, the AAP announced on Thursday that Delhi CM-designate Atishi and her cabinet will be sworn in on September 21.

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena had proposed the date in a communication to the President, while also forwarding Arvind Kejriwal's resignation letter.

Kejriwal stepped down as chief minister on Tuesday, and Atishi subsequently staked her claim to form a new government in the capital. Atishi will become Delhi's third woman chief minister, following Congress' Sheila Dikshit and BJP's Sushma Swaraj.

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