Ashutosh interview: 'running govt from jail as kejriwal can't see anybody as cm'
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VIDEO EDITORS: Abhishek Sharma, Purnendu Pritam "Tomorrow, any jailed leader will do this. Where will be the accountability in the public sphere? Tomorrow if the prime minister is
jailed and he runs the country from the prison, will it be acceptable? It should not be acceptable," said Ashutosh, former leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Since his arrest by the
Enforcement Directorate (ED) last week in the excise policy case, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the party's strategy is that he shall not resign and a new CM will not be
appointed till he is in prison. While many believe it to be a good strategy for the 'Opposition leaders being targeted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)' narrative, many others,
including Ashutosh, feel otherwise. Even though Kejriwal's arrest was long time coming, Ashutosh feels that his arrest may boomerang on the BJP.