Congress leader and former Union Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday fired a fresh salvo at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claiming the AAP convener was seeking “enhanced powers” over administrative services to stall probes into corruption allegations against his administration.

“This is the statement of an individual. What is the stand of the Congress party on this?” said the AAP.

Maken’s jibe came amid Kejriwal’s bid to ramp up support from Opposition Chief Ministers on the issue of control of services in the national Capital. Kejriwal will meet his Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand counterparts MK Stalin and Hemant Soren on Thursday and Friday respectively.

In a related development, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi announced that his party would not support Kejriwal as the AAP chief follows “real Hindutva”.

Reacting to a query on his views on the issue, Owaisi said that his party would not support Kejriwal in Rajya Sabha. Owaisi said, “Why did Kejriwal support Narendra Modi when Article 370 was abrogated. Didn’t he realise that one State was made into three UTs. He (Kejriwal) tried to show he is the biggest Hindu. When Article 370 was scrapped, he supported the BJP. Why did Kejriwal support the BJP on Article 370?”

As Kejriwal continues to reach out to Opposition leaders seeking support against the Centre’s Ordinance wresting control of “services” from the Delhi Government, leaders from the BJP and the Congress’ Delhi units are unanimous in their offensive against Kejriwal over the issue.

Interestingly, Kejriwal has sought an appointment with the Congress leadership on the issue of the Ordinance but his request has been kept on hold so far.

“Will be meeting Tamil Nadu CM Thiru @mkstalin in Chennai tomorrow (June 1) to seek DMK’s support against Centre’s unconstitutional-undemocratic ‘Anti-Delhi’ Ordinance,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “Day after tomorrow, on June 2, I will meet Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi. Will seek his support against the Ordinance promulgated by Modi Government against the people of Delhi,” he said in another tweet.

On the other hand, taking to Twitter, Maken alleged that Kejriwal’s true motives are exposed as he “aims to take control” over the vigilance department and is “challenging” decades of established governance norms. “Investigations into scandals like liquor-gate, Sheeshmahal (his lavish 171-crore residence violating MPD 2021 rules), Power Subsidy scam, bus purchase scam, and others will reveal the extent of corruption within his administration. And this is what he wants to stop,” the Congress leader alleged.

“Kejriwal is openly seeking enhanced powers over services, aiming to take control over the vigilance department and challenging decades of established governance norms. He conveniently downplays his true intentions,” Maken tweeted. “Let’s not forget that the powers Kejriwal seeks were intentionally vested in the Central Government by eminent leaders like Ambedkar, Nehru, Patel, Shastri, Narasimha Rao, Vajpayee, and Manmohan Singh to prevent a multiplicity of authority in the National Capital Territory,” Maken said on Wednesday.