The Aam Aadmi Party is all set to display posters against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 11 languages across the country on March 30, party's state convener Gopal Rai said on Tuesday.
"The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will display posters in states across the country on March 30. All state units of the party have been asked to paste posters in their respective states. The posters have been printed in 11 languages," Rai, the Delhi AAP chief and environment minister, told reporters
Last week, posters reading "Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao" (remove Modi, save India) appeared on walls and electricity poles across the national capital following which the police arrested six people and registered 49 FIRs.
The BJP had retaliated by pasting "Kejriwal Hatao, Delhi Bachao" (remove Kejriwal, save Delhi) posters across the national capital.
What happened before?
Last week, Delhi Police had arrested six people and registered 49 FIRs in connection with posters put up against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a senior officer said on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, police had said that 100 FIRs were registered, but they later revised the figure.
Posters reading "Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao" (Remove Modi, Save the Nation) were found glued all across the city's walls and electricity poles, police said.
An investigation is being conducted to ascertain if any AAP worker is involved in the incident, they said.
The FIRs have been registered under the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act and the Press and Registration of Books Act, according to the officer.
Kejriwal's reaction on posters against PM Modi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, reacting to the police action, called Modi "insecure" and "scared" even as police claimed they have seized more than 2,000 posters from a vehicle moments after it came out of the AAP headquarters here.
Asked about the FIRs during a post-budget press conference, Kejriwal said, "They registered an FIR over a poster! Why is Modi ji so scared! This is a normal poster and anybody can put it up in a democracy. Such a scared PM, such an insecure PM. I think he (Modi) wakes up every morning thinking who he can put in jail."
Delhi Minister Gopal Rai also criticised the city police during the press conference, and said: "Prime Minister Modi can get 1,000 FIRs registered, but from tomorrow, the slogan 'Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao' will resonate across the country. They have crossed all limits. If the legacy of freedom fighters is to be saved, there is only one way -- 'Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao.'"
According to police, the presses were given an order to print 50,000 posters and workers associated with the firms put several of them up Sunday night.
Posters put up at Mandir Marg, Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg, Aruna Asaf Ali Road, Seemapuri, New Usmanpur, Khajuri Khas, Ashok Vihar, Model Town, and Bharat Nagar have been removed, police said.
Around 20,000 posters have been seized so far, including 2,050 from a car after it exited the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headquarters on DDU Marg, police said, adding the vehicle was impounded and its driver arrested.
"During interrogation, the driver told police that he was taking the posters to Anand Parbat-Zakhira crossing," a senior police officer told reporters.
(With PTI Inputs)
