Delhi Deputy Chief
Minister Manish
Sisodia and more than
60 Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP) MLAs were stopped
near Tughlaq Road here and later detained by the police on Sunday, as they were
enroute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence at 7 Race Course Road in
protest.
They were going there
as a sign of protest and to surrender themselves.
The bitter battle
between the state government and the Centre escalated today as Sisodia dared
Prime Minister Modi to arrest him on allegations of intimidating the
businessmen of the Ghazipur Vegetable Market Association.
Sisodia requested the
police to convey his message to the Prime Minister after being stopped.
"We want to tell
the Prime Minister that don't stop the work in Delhi. Why are you taking
revenge on Delhi? You have enmity with me so arrest me. All the MLAs are going there," Sisodia told
the media here.
Sisodia said he had
gone to the Ghazipur vegetable market yesterday for a surprise inspection,
where he found out that few people were indulging in malpractice among other
untoward activities.
"I scolded them
and warned to take action against them. They are saying that I misbehaved with
them. Of course I misbehaved. If any officer is not working properly, we will
scold them. If we are being sent to jail for these, we are surrendering but
don't stop the work in Delhi," he added.
After the complaint
was filed yesterday, Sisodia, quickly turned to Twitter to state that the Prime
Minister may turn the complaint into a case of extortion, violence and
molestation and use it as an excuse to arrest him.
He also alleged that
the people who filed the complaint were indulging in illegal activities in the
market, where he had gone for a surprise inspection.
According to reports,
the police said earlier that they have received a complaint from the president
Surender Goswami, but no FIR would be registered as no cognizable offence was
committed by Sisodia.
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Source:
PTI
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