BackKejriwal slams BJP's 'dirty politics' over Shaheen Bagh
'BJP doesn't want Shaheen Bagh road to be opened,' said Delhi CM'The Shaheen Bagh route will remain closed till 8 February (election day) and it will open 9 February,' he further said
PremiumNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the BJP does not want to open the Shaheen Bagh stretch of the Kalindi Kunj road where anti-CAA protests are going on for over a month as the saffron party is doing "dirty politics" over it.
He said law and order in the national capital entirely lies with the Centre and "if they are saying that they need permission from me, I am giving them permission, open the road in one hour".
"I can give you this in writing, BJP does not want to open the route in Shaheen Bagh. The Shaheen Bagh route will remain closed till February 8 (election day) and it will open February 9," Kejriwal told reporters.
He further alleged that the BJP just knows how to do "dirty politics over everything".
Earlier today, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed Kejriwal saying that he is silent on the issue.
"Shaheen Bagh is emerging as a textbook case of a few hundred people seeking to suppress the peaceful majority. This is the true face of Shaheen Bagh and it is important that the country sees it. Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal both are silent," Prasad said during a press conference on Monday.
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