Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged Wednesday his political rivals were conspiring to get him eliminated, a day after a man flung chilli powder at the AAP supremo outside his office in the Delhi Secretariat.
The chief minister's spectacles broke but he was not injured in Tuesday's attack.
Kejriwal claimed he was attacked four times in the past two years.
He said this during his visit to Sonipat in Haryana where he handed over anex-gratia cheque of Rs 1 crore to the family of martyred BSF jawan Narender Singh.
"During the past two years, there have been four attacks on me. This is not a minor issue. I think in India's history, there must not be a single example when a chief minister faced attacks on four occasions in two years. So, it is clear that such attacks are not taking place, but they are being carried out," Kejriwal told reporters here.
He was asked who would he blame for Tuesday's attack.
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The chief minister claimed that the AAP government in Delhi has carried out lot of development in a short span of three years, including in schools and hospitals in the capital, which governments of other parties "failed" to do in the last 70 years.
He said the AAP and development works done by the party has become an eyesore to the rivals, who were conspiring to get him "eliminated".
"We have become an eyesore for them and they are conspiring to get me killed.They are repeatedly carrying out such attacks on us. Because the way development works are being carried out in Delhi, be it bringing improvements in its schools and hospitals in a span of three years we have done so much work, these parties have not been able to do so in 70 years," he said.
"Now, everywhere they (these parties) are being asked (by public) why they are not able to do this. People are asking if Kejriwal can give Rs 1 crore (to families of the martyrs), why they cannot give the same amount. They (these parties) feel that if this (AAP) party exists for some more time, then people will raise questions and people will make their life miserable," Kejriwal said.
The chief minister said people in Haryana have already started raising "such questions" and elsewhere too, the parties are being asked "if AAP can bring improvement in schools, hospitals ... good compensation to farmers, why cannot they?"
Addressing a gathering in the village, Kejriwal said, "We are all proud of his sacrifice."
The chief minister said though no amount of money can compensate the loss, but families of martyrs need to know "that we stand behind them."
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