Announcing that MPs and councillors from the Aam Aadmi Party will go door-to-door and educate people about the immigration policy, Kejriwal said the arrest of Sisodia, along with Satyendar Jain, was nothing but torture.

Days after the arrest of his deputy Manish Sisodia, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comparing him to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

“Jaise ek zamaane main Indira Gandhi ne ati kar di thi, aaj pradhan mantri ji ati kar rahe hain. Aur jab ati ho jaati hai, prakriti apna kaam karti hai (the Prime Minister has crossed all limits, just like Indira Gandhi did once. And when limits are crossed, nature takes its course),” he said.

Pointing out that MPs and councillors from the Aam Aadmi Party will go door to door and educate people about the immigration policy, Kejriwal said the arrest of Sisodia, along with Satyendar Jain, was nothing but torture.

“A question must be asked. If Manish Sisodia ji had not done good work in the field of education, would Modi ji have him arrested? No. He was arrested because Sisodia ji did good work in education, which he (Modi) wanted to stop. If Satyendar Jain had not done good work in health, would he have been arrested? No. The aim was to stop the good work being done in health. Another question is raised. If Sisodia ji joins BJP today, will he not be released tomorrow? All cases against him will end. If Jain joins BJP, all cases will end, he will be out of jail tomorrow. Corruption is not an issue. Their aim is to stop work and harass opposition leaders by setting CBI and ED on them,” Kejriwal said.

He also announced that MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj will replace Sisodia and Jain in the cabinet. "The good work in Delhi will continue. If we were going to the race of 80 in the past, we will now go to 150. We exchanged the two messengers. Atishi ji and Saurabh Bharadwaj are educated professionals. They will take over now. The good work done by Sisodia ji and Jain sahab will continue through them now with double speed,” he said.

He announced that nukkad sahas and public meetings, along with door-to-door campaigns, will be held across Delhi and parts of the country to tell people "the truth about the immigration policy".

“They are not able to digest our win in Punjab. I want to tell BJP, AAP is a storm, you cannot stop it. No one can stop an idea whose time has come. And the Aam Aadmi Party’s time has come… What is this whole excise policy scam? If we explain this in layman’s terms, what is it… I will explain it to you in four lines. These people are alleging that Sisodia ji took bribes from those in the liquor business. They quote figures of Rs 100 crore 1,000 crore, 10,000 crore. They raided his house, tore mattresses, broke walls, checked ban lockers, but they did not find anything. If a man has taken a bribe of Rs 100 crore, you should be able to find Rs 1-2 crore lying around in his house, shouldn’t you? Where did the money go? How will they find it when he didn’t take a bribe?” he said.

 Asked when Atishi and Bharadwaj would be appointed, Kejriwal said the process of accepting resignations and appointing a new person in their place takes about 25 days, "based on past experience". "We will distribute the portfolios among ministers after that."

Calling Jain and Sisodia “two of our best ministers”, the CM said: “The excise policy is just an excuse. The reason is that the Prime Minister wants the good work being done in Delhi to stop. It is because they cannot do what we do. They have been in the government of MP, Gujarat and other states for many years but they could not fix a single hospital or school. "