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The BJP deed backmost astatine Arvind Kejriwal connected Saturday (May 9, 2026) for likening Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb implicit ED raids against Punjab Minister Sanjeev Arora, saying the AAP supremo and his enactment are rattled arsenic they cognize that "their days are numbered successful Punjab".
The remarks came aft Mr. Kejriwal slammed the ED enactment against Mr. Arora successful a station connected X and addressed a property league successful Delhi connected Saturday (May 9).
In the post, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationalist convenor likened the Prime Minister to Aurangzeb and wrote that similar the Mughal emperor, "Modiji has dishonestly occupied assorted parts of the state and has present reached Punjab".
At the property conference, Mr. Kejriwal slammed Mr. Modi implicit the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) raids against Arora connected Saturday (May 9), alleging misuse of the national bureau to scare AAP leaders into joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Hitting backmost astatine him, BJP spokesperson R.P. Singh said corruption allegations against AAP leaders are not baseless and claimed that it is Mr. Kejriwal, and not Mr. Modi, who is carrying retired "Aurangzeb-like" actions successful Punjab.
"While the Punjab Police is not taking enactment against killings, the cause mafia oregon the soil mafia successful the state, it is being utilized to people governmental opponents," Mr. Singh told PTI Videos.
He alleged that the Punjab Police was sent to apprehension a Rajya Sabha MP who has near the AAP successful a "fake case".
"In reality, it is Kejriwal who is behaving similar Aurangzeb successful Punjab. Punjab contiguous is troubled by these Aurangzeb-like actions of his," Mr. Singh alleged.
He claimed that notices were issued done the Pollution Control Board against a mill linked to different Rajya Sabha MP who has near the AAP and that demolition enactment was initiated against a gathering belonging to a publishing house.
Mr. Singh besides alleged that the full AAP authorities successful Punjab is steeped successful corruption and that whenever enactment is taken against its leaders, the enactment creates an uproar.
"The world is that their full authorities is steeped successful corruption and whenever immoderate enactment is taken, they make an uproar. The basal contented is that they tin spot that their days are numbered, which is wherefore they are making noise.
"The crackdown should not beryllium seen arsenic against the AAP but against corrupt people, and determination is thing incorrect with the ED taking specified action," helium said.
Referring to erstwhile Punjab Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, Mr. Singh claimed that helium is successful jailhouse not due to the fact that of an ED raid, but due to the fact that helium had allegedly pressured an authoritative to grant a declaration successful favour of a peculiar company.
"When the authoritative refused, unit was allegedly exerted connected him to specified an grade that helium died by suicide," the BJP person alleged, adding that Bhullar is successful jailhouse successful transportation with corruption and abetment-to-suicide charges.
Earlier successful the day, the ED conducted caller searches against Mr. Arora and immoderate others allegedly linked to him arsenic portion of an probe into a newly-registered money-laundering case, officials said.
They said Mr. Arora's authoritative residence successful Chandigarh was among the 5 premises raided.
Mr. Kejriwal told the property league that though the ED and the CBI are expected to enactment connected money-laundering and corruption cases, "under Modi's rule, these are moving to threaten, scare and interruption distant absorption leaders and unit them to articulation the BJP. The raid against Arora is an enactment successful the aforesaid direction".
He said this was the 2nd ED raid against Mr. Arora wrong a period and wondered what the bureau was looking for.
In his agelong station successful Hindi connected X, Mr. Kejriwal said, "Modiji has got regular ED raids started successful Punjab soon aft the Bengal polls concluded. Modiji has coerced Punjab successful the past fewer years and ill-treated Punjabis done antithetic means." While likening Modi to Aurangzeb, helium said taking inspiration from the sacrifices of the Sikh gurus, Punjab "will look Modiji's torture and prevention the full state from it".
Mr. Kejriwal besides claimed that AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal joined the BJP aft ED raids astatine his premises.
Mr. Arora was besides raided, but helium did not articulation the saffron enactment and hence, different raid has been conducted against him, helium claimed.
On April 24, 7 of the AAP's 10 Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak, announced that they were joining the BJP.
Subsequently, they merged with the BJP successful the Rajya Sabha.
