Accusing the government of not taking action against Sonia Gandhi in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper deal, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today demanded dissolution of CBI and ACB.
He said Modi "would have arrested" him by now had his "name" figured in the Italian court's order in connection with the deal, but has not taken action against the Gandhi family as he finds them "honest".
The AAP leader also hit out at BJP President Amit Shah for asking Gandhi "with folded hands" to name those who took alleged bribe in the deal and questioned whether "this is how probe is conducted".
"Modiji conducted CBI raid on me, but not on Soniaji and Vadraji. Modiji finds Gandhi family as honest.
"Modiji would have arrested me by now had my name figured in the Italian court order. But (they are) not even probing Soniaji. Why?" Kejriwal asked.
"Amit Shahji is asking Soniaji with folded hands - 'please tell who took bribes'. Is this how probe is conducted? Dissolve CBI and ACB then," he said in a series of tweets.
Kejriwal had yesterday dared BJP to arrest Gandhi and other Congress leaders in connection with the controversial chopper deal, alleging that there was a "strong relationship between Congress and BJP".
Mentioning CBI raid on the office of his Principal Secretary in December last year, he had asked why there was no such action against Congress leaders.
Attacking Gandhi, Shah had yesterday asked her to name those who received the "kickbacks" in the deal.
"All I want to ask her is that those who gave bribe are in jail in Italy. Then where are those who received the kickbacks? Who were in power at that time? They are responsible (for the scam) and they should bring out the truth. It should be disclosed before the people of the country," he had said.
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AAP also warned of a country-wide agitation if no "strong and concrete" action is taken in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper deal case within a week.
"We will gherao the Prime Minister's residence if we see no action from the government's side," the party's Delhi unit convenor Dilip Pandey said.
In a letter to Modi, he said, "The probe agencies are controlled by the government. You also control the biggest weapon, CBI. Then what is the compulsion which is not letting CBI raid Congress' office.
"If CBI is not for Arvind Kejriwal alone, then show the political will by arresting Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders whose names have cropped up in the case."
The name of former Air Force chief S P Tyagi also surfaced in the case, yet no action was taken against him as well, he said. "We have also learnt that he is connected to the Vivekanand Foundation, which has links with BJP and RSS," Pandey alleged.
AAP leader Ashutosh said it's been two years the NDA government came to power but "no action" has been taken yet against anyone involved in the case.
"Why is the Prime Minister quite (on this issue)? Names of several Congress leaders have cropped up in the case...This reflects that there is a deal between the two parties. Had it been Kejriwal, he would have been in Tihar (jail) by now," he said.
"The probe agencies are issuing Red Corner notices to deport those involved in the case when the Italian court has already given its judgement. This also reflected the double standards of BJP and the Prime Minister," he alleged.
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In an emergency meeting of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC)---the party's highest decision making body---headed by Kejriwal, it came up with a strategy to attack the government and the Congress over the issue.
The AAP also warned of a country-wide agitation if no "strong and concrete" action is taken in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper deal case within a week and demanded "arrest" of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other party leaders.
Senior AAP leader and PAC member Ashutosh said that the party will organise a massive protest at Jantar Mantar on May 7 and then head to Prime Minister's residence.
"We will gherao Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi's residences. We will work to put pressure on the Prime Minister so that he takes action against those involved in corruption," said another PAC leader.
