"Should he (Kejriwal) be let off because he is a chief minister and not a common man," he asked, alleging that the Delhi chief minister is a kingpin in the corruption case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
With opposition parties, including the Congress, rallying to Kejriwal's defence and describing his arrest as part of the Union government's crackdown on their leaders, the BJP spokesperson said it is a case of thieves displaying brotherhood.
He is the leader of the corrupt, Patra charged and added that
They are also coming together as their ships are sinking, he said.
Dismissing AAP leaders' allegation of political vendetta, Patra asked if people will believe courts or them and said every thief claims innocence when caught.
With the AAP insisting that Kejriwal will remain chief minister, the BJP leader said it shows his greed for power and post while he and his colleagues rose in politics by claiming to disdain the very thing.
As Delhi government minister Atishi questioned the arrest of a chief minister and expressed concern about his safety as he has 'Z plus' security, he hit back, saying it shows their sense of entitlement.
She is saying how a CM can be arrested as he is not a common man, Patra said, noting that Kejriwal once named the likes of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Lalu Prasad Yadav as corrupt and would ask when people will start going to the jail.
The AAP leader then claimed he has entered politics to cleanse it but began living in a palace and moving around in a security cover, he said.
"It is high time that people who are embroiled in corruption are arrested," Patra asserted.
Patra also played a statement of Congress leader Ajay Maken in which the he had lashed out at Kejriwal for the alleged excise scam and accused him of using Rs 100 crore collected from it to harm the Congress in the Goa assembly polls in 2022.
Even the Supreme Court has spoken about a money trail of over Rs 338 crore while denying bail to AAP leader
Following Kejriwal's arrest Thursday evening, the AAP had given a nationwide call for protest against the BJP.
BJP leaders have called the protest a drama and "celebration of corruption".