AAP accuses Delhi police, Centre of ‘dadagiri’.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia come out after meeting L-G Anil Baijal in New Delhi on Friday. Mr Baijal on Friday termed ‘unfortunate’ the recent incident of alleged assault of Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash. (Photo: PTI)

New Delhi: After the Delhi police raided chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to search for evidence and questioned his staff over the alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, on Friday, took the fight against the Central government to the public. The AAP on Friday accused the Delhi police of acting like a bully at the behest of the Centre by entering Mr Kejriwal’s residence “illegally” and said the action was aimed at “insulting and humiliating” him.

Addressing a public rally at Bindapur in Uttam Nagar, Mr Kejriwal said that whenever his government asks the officers to get the work done, they take offence.

“If we say anything to the officers, they get offended. I will fight the Centre and their officers for you. Sometimes the lieutenant-governor, sometimes officers, and sometimes the Centre stop our files. I agree that I fight a lot, but it is for you and your children. The rich didn’t vote for me, the poor did,” said the CM.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kejriwal dared the Centre, asking “When will you send cops to search BJP President Amit Shah’s residence in Justice Loya case?”

He further raised the points about good education and said, “We (the Delhi government) have focused on education and spent `10,000 crore on government schools. Officers don’t listen to us when we tell them to clear files. So, we have to fight to get the work done.”

Mr Kejriwal said the party’s biggest flaw was that it had failed to learn ‘politics’ like the other parties.

“BJP, Congress, and even sections of the media are hounding us because we don’t know how to do politics,” said the AAP chief.

“A huge posse of policemen was sent to my residence. The entire CM residence is being searched over allegations of two slaps. But when will Amit Shah be questioned in connection to Judge Loya’s death,” he asked on Twitter.

According to Delhi government spokesperson Arunoday Prakash, 60-70 policemen entered the chief minister’s office “without any intimation.”