He claimed 50 per cent of the country's black money was going to BJP's coffers.
Stepping up his attack on Modi on demonetisation, Kejriwal demanded immediate roll back of the "poorly implemented scheme" before "situation goes out of hand" and said the Centre should bring some remedial measures in the next 24 hours to arrest the country's "rapidly sliding" economy.
"People are more nervous after his speech. Either he is unaware of the situation or the situation has gone out of his hand and he is giving emotional speeches. Keep ego aside, roll it back before things spiral out of control. It is a very poorly implemented scheme.
Addressing reporters at his residence, Kejriwal said panic has set in across the country after Modi sought 50 more days from people. People are not even ready to wait for 50 hours as "suicides are happening, hospitals are refusing treatment, families are having to hungry", he said.
Kejriwal wondered why the country's 125 crore people were being targeted instead of the "few lakhs" who, according to Modi, are corrupt. Kejriwal alleged, "The present government is friends with the corrupt, counterfeit currency makers and Swiss bank account holders.""
"Why is he targeting 125 crore people and not the few lakhs he spoke about? Why is he friends with those few lakhs? You had said you will send those like Robert Vadra and those having Swiss bank accounts to jail. What happened to that? You did not even try to bring back a paisa from Siwss banks. Now you are friends with them. There's a list of 648 people...What did you do?" said Kejriwal.
Earlier, in an address at Panaji, which was laced with emotion, the Prime Minister said his hot pursuit of corruption and black money will continue even if "I am burned alive".
"Who is he facing threats from? I want to understand. So SPG, IB, RAW are ineffective? Stop this drama," Kejriwal said.
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