Kejriwal, en route to auto driver's home for dinner, fumes at Gujarat cop over security protocols: 'Aapne toh mujhe...' - WATCH

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was stopped when he was headed for dinner with an auto-rickshaw driver in Ahmedabad.

New Delhi: As he headed for dinner with an auto-rickshaw driver in Ahmedabad, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday (September 12, 2022) got into a heated argument with a Gujarat cop over security protocols. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener, who accepted auto-rickshaw driver Vikram Dantani's invite to have dinner with him at his home, hit out at police officials as he didn't want to take the security cover. In a video shared by AAP on its official Twitter handle, Kejriwal, who was sitting with Gujarat AAP president Gopal Italia and the party's national joint general secretary Isudan Gadhvi in Dantani's auto-rickshaw, can be heard saying that he will be responsible if anything happens to him.

"I'm a public representative, I want to go to the public and you are stopping us. It's a dhabba (spot) on Gujarat's security," Kejriwal said as the cop kept repeating that it's a protocol.

"It is this protocol that has saddened the people of Gujarat," the AAP chief added.

"Your leaders don't go out in public. Tell your leaders that they should go to the public by breaking the protocol sometimes," Kejriwal told the police officer.

"Aapne toh mujhe qaid karke rakha hai. Aap mujhe arrest nahi kar sakte, ye arrest hai (You have kept me imprisoned. You can't arrest me, this is arrest)," he further said.

SHOCKING!

तानाशाह BJP ने @ArvindKejriwal जी को Auto Driver के घर Dinner पर जाने से रोका

मैं जनता का आदमी हूँ,जनता से मिलना चाहता हूँ। मुझे ऐसी Security नहीं चाहिए। Police सुरक्षा के नाम पर Arrest करना चाहती है

हमें नहीं चाहिए Security। हमें जनता से मिलना हैं। कैसे रोक सकते हो? pic.twitter.com/8LITHHlspc — AAP (@AamAadmiParty) September 12, 2022

After the argument, AAP shared another video where a cop was seen sitting beside the auto-rickshaw driver who had picked up Kejriwal from the hotel, while two police cars escorted the three-wheeler to Dantani's house.

UNSTOPPABLE  #KejriwalRukegaNahi pic.twitter.com/nMgknwFasq — AAP (@AamAadmiParty) September 12, 2022

Kejriwal and other state AAP leaders were then seen having dinner with Vikram Dantani.

अहमदाबाद में ऑटो चालक विक्रमभाई दंताणी बड़े प्यार से अपने घर खाने पर लेकर गए, पूरे परिवार से मिलवाया, स्वादिष्ट खाने के साथ बहुत आदर-सत्कार दिया। इस अपार स्नेह के लिए विक्रमभाई और गुजरात के सभी ऑटो चालक भाइयों का ह्रदय से धन्यवाद। pic.twitter.com/SiFCZOizaW — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 12, 2022

Earlier on Monday afternoon, Kejriwal, who is on a two-day Gujarat visit as part of the AAP's campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls, addressed a gathering of auto-rickshaw drivers in Ahmedabad.

After his address, auto-rickshaw driver Dantani requested Kejriwal to have dinner at his home.

"I am your fan. In a video I saw on social media, you went to have dinner at the home of an auto driver in Punjab. So, will you come to my home for dinner?" he asked. The Delhi CM immediately replied in the affirmative to the invitation.

"Autowalas of Punjab and Gujarat love me. Should I come today evening at 8 pm," Kejriwal said and urged him to pick him up from his hotel and take him to his house in his auto-rickshaw.

आज अहमदाबाद के एक ऑटो ड्राइवर भाई ने बहुत प्यार से अपने घर शाम को खाने पर बुलाया है। मैं ज़रूर जाऊँगा। pic.twitter.com/cK7KlKN8wZ — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 12, 2022

As agreed, Dantani reached the five-star hotel on Sindhu Bhavan Road to pick up the Delhi CM late in the evening.