Mumbai/New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday called Arvind Kejriwal a “Veda Mukhyamantri” (mad chief minister) over his street protests and ally NCP too joined in the direct attack saying “CM in Delhi” stands for ‘Chosen Madness’.
Kejriwal continued to be at the receiving end for his two-day dharna which was called off last night with the BJP raising the pitch dubbing him and his ministerial and party colleagues as “unguided missiles” and saying they should behave responsibly as they are now bound by the Constitution.
AAP’s outside supporter Congress said theatrics and drama, use of irresponsible and intimidating language and flagrant violation of law and Constitution have no place in our democratic polity.
“When I was in Kherwadi police station in Mumbai’s Bandra area, I did not get leave because there were Sena (led) riots. Similarly, yesterday (in Delhi), because of a ‘veda mukhyamantri’ (mad chief minister) sitting there (on dharna), I had to cancel the leave of policemen,” Shinde, who was targeted repeatedly by Kejriwal, said.
He, however, did not name the Chief Minister. Shinde’s remarks came while addressing a meeting at Hingoli in Marathwada region where he spoke about an instance in the 1970s, when as a policeman, he could not get leave after his marriage due to work pressure. Kejriwal had called Shinde corrupt and inefficient and dared the Home Minister to evict him from the dharna venue near Rail Bhavan during his protest against the Delhi police.
