"The way AAP has displayed anarchy and violence on the day election has been declared in the country. They are trying to disturb and vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the country which could affect the free, fair and peaceful conduct of polls, which is the hallmark of democracy.
"It is the duty of the Election Commission to check that the party to whom it has given recognition recently is not ready to accept the constitution, democratic values, the law of the land as well as the Model Code of Conduct," BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
"They are trying to hijack democracy through anarchy," he charged.
Talking about AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, who was detained in Gujarat after the Model Code of Conduct was enforced with the declaration of Lok Sabha poll schedule, Naqvi said some people think they are a law unto themselves.
"For any programme that has to take place during the Model Code of Conduct, prior permission of the Chief Electoral Officer has to be taken, which Kejriwal had not," he said, adding no one is stopping Kejriwal from seeing the development that has taken place in Gujarat.
Kejriwal also accused Modi of trying to stall his visit to Gujarat after he was briefly "detained" by police and claimed he did not find any evidence of development claimed by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
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