Arvind Kejriwal alleges plot against his govt, promises big expose on Friday

NEW DELHI: Throwing his weight behind Delhi's home minister, Satyendar Jain, claiming that he was being "framed", chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has alleged a conspiracy against his government and promised a big revelation at a special one-day assembly session on Friday.

"I summoned Satyendar this morning. Saw all papers. He innocent, being framed. If he were guilty, we wud have thrown him out. We stand by him," Kejriwal tweeted. In a second tweet he said, "False cases against AAP MLAs n ministers, FIR against me, CBI raid on me - why? A v big conspiracy. Will expose in Delhi assembly on Fri."

Jain alleged that he was being attacked as part of a political conspiracy. "Two days later, CM is going to do a big expose. All this is happening because they are scared of the expose that is going to happen. I challenge the media to show the expose that the CM is about to make in the Delhi assembly on Friday," he said.

"There are allegations against the Prime Minister and the media must show that too," said deputy CM Manish Sisodia. Taking a dig at the media, he said they must know the difference between a BJP press release and an IT notice.

The decision to call a one-day session of the assembly was taken at a cabinet meeting, chaired by Kejriwal, on Tuesday. Issues concerning Delhi, including vector-borne diseases (chikungunya and dengue), arrest of MLAs and cases against ministers and the chief minister will be discussed. Sisodia said the session will discuss registration of "wrong FIRs" against ministers and AAP MLAs and pointed out that even the CM was not being spared.

The government's move comes against the backdrop of the recent arrests of MLAs and the FIR on the alleged irregularities in Delhi Commission for Women by the Anti Corruption Branch. "It is clear that the FIR has the PM's nod. We will soon call a special session of the Delhi assembly where we will expose the conspiracy behind this," Kejriwal had said last week.

The ACB had denied the Delhi CM's claim that it had registered an FIR against him in connection with the recruitments at DCW. ACB chief M K Meena had said that the complaint contained Kejriwal's name but nowhere does the inquiry report mention his role in the irregularities. "Why will we name him as an accused when our inquiry report doesn't say he is an accused," a senior officer had said.