Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "arrest us all together" on Thursday since he had heard that his deputy Manish Sisodia would soon be arrested in a "fake" case like Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
"Arrest all of us in one go, have us investigated and raided. Then we can get back to work. Because we don't understand politics. We only want to work," he said in a video message posted on his twitter handle and broadcast live in several news channels.
Jain, who holds health, power and home portfolios, was on Monday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a case related to money laundering.
"I had learnt from reliable sources a few months back that Satyendar Jain was going to be arrested in a fake case and now I have learnt from the same sources that Manish Sisodia is going to be arrested in the next few days in another fake case," Kejriwal said at a media briefing.
Calling Sisodia the "father of the education movement in Delhi" and the best education minister of independent India, the chief minister said he has worked to improve the future of children studying in government schools.
"Not only in Delhi, but he gave hope to children across the country that they can get good education in government schools. I want to ask the parents of children studying in government schools, 'Is he corrupt?'," he said.