New Delhi: The AAP Monday said it has proof of the “illegal” raid by police at its office in Ahmedabad and would show it if Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is ready to answer all questions about the searches. The Aam Aadmi Party’s assertion came after the Gujarat Police denied that any raid was conducted at the Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s office in Ahmedabad on Sunday evening.
“Police conducted an illegal raid yesterday at the party’s office in Ahmedabad. They forcibly entered the office and carried out searches for two hours without any warrant or court order,” AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj told a press conference at the party headquarters here.
Yesterday, as soon as Kejriwal reached Gujarat, Gujarat Police raided AAP’s Ahmedabad office without warrant, without court documents. They didn’t get anything.
The graph of AAP is increasing rapidly in Gujarat. Soon AAP No. 1 party will be formed.
– @Saurabh_MLAgk pic.twitter.com/0ww7h9FAZq
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) September 12, 2022
The police team searched all computers, went through all the documents kept at the party office and interrogated people there, he claimed.
But the Ahmedabad police is now denying it as its raiding team did not find anything against the AAP during the “illegal” searches conducted at the party’s office, Bharadwaj said.
Gujarat Police thought that they would get some benami property papers from illegal raids but they did not get anything.
This is BJP’s Modus Operandi, which people know that BJP gets people’s tongue shut by doing such hooliganism. Now the people of Gujarat want change.
–@Saurabh_MLAgk pic.twitter.com/savlONUw2p— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) September 12, 2022
“We have evidence to prove the illegal raid and searches carried out by police at our party office in Ahmedabad. Our people know the police officers who went there. We are ready to present the evidence if the Gujarat chief minister agrees to hold a press conference and answer all the questions pertaining to the raid,” he said.
If the media promises that they will put the evidence of Raid in front of the people of the country and ask questions to the Gujarat CM, then we are ready to give the proof, details.
Police raids while committing hooliganism and when nothing is found, it says no raid because it insults BJP Govt.
–@Saurabh_MLAgk pic.twitter.com/LPwxzanUBq— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) September 12, 2022
Challenge to BJP Government of Gujarat and Ahmedabad Police:
If they are ready to answer by holding a press conference, then we will keep the evidence of Raid, they should not run away again.
Our people know the policemen who came yesterday to kill raids. Their location will come out of our office only.
–@Saurabh_MLAgk pic.twitter.com/Q2NIhYNBCM— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) September 12, 2022