'Yogi Adityanath will be replaced if...': Arvind Kejriwal's big claim after being out on bail

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in his first address after being released from Tihar jail, claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making way for Home Minister Amit Shah to be his replacement. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief also alleged that the BJP will leave Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath out in the cold after the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

"...These people ask the INDIA alliance who will be their Prime Minister. I ask BJP who will be your Prime Minister? PM Modi is turning 75 next year on September 17. He made a rule that leaders in the party would retire after 75 years... LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan, and Yashwant Sinha were retired and now PM Modi is going to retire on September 17," the AAP leader said.

"If their government is formed, they will first dispose off Yogi Adityanath and then make Amit Shah the Prime Minister of the country. PM Modi is asking for votes for Amit Shah. Will Amit Shah fulfil Modi's guarantee?" he asked.

Kejriwal's remarks came a day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail till June 1. Granting interim bail to Kejriwal would not amount to grant of privilege or special status to politicians, the top court said, while observing that the AAP leader has no criminal antecedents and is not a threat to the society.

A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, while granting interim bail till June 1 to Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, rejected the submission of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that granting the relief for Lok Sabha campaigning will create a separate class of politicians.