If they put democracy in jail, we'll run it from there, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

The AAP chief claimed that if the BJP were to return, elections would not be held or would be similar to the ones in Russia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

“If they win this round, then Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, Pinarayi Vijayan, MK Stalin… all will be in jail, and then elections will be held,” he said. “They should understand that they are turning a democracy into tyranny.”

He called the AAP "the most persecuted political party ever in history" and said over 250 "fake cases" were filed against its members.

“We have received more than 130 acquittals. The courts have severely chastised the agencies in several instances. There are rumours that following the elections, they will take control of our bank accounts and have our offices cleared out,” he said.

The AAP was recently named an accused in the Delhi liquor policy case in which senior party leaders have been arrested.

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Kejriwal claimed that attempts to split AAP had failed as the party showed vigour and cohesion. When asked about the likely outcome of the Lok Sabha election and the voters’ mood, he said the INDIA bloc would surpass 300 and the BJP's tally would drop to below 220.

AAP is part of the over 27-party opposition bloc and is contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi in alliance with once bitter rival the Congress.

Kejriwal called the electoral bonds scheme “the biggest scam in independent India” and said it wasn’t just one but multiple scams. “If the INDIA bloc forms government, then in the first 100 days, all electoral bond donations will be investigated,” he said.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court struck down the anonymous political donations scheme as unconstitutional.