Amid the AAP’s mega rally at Ramlila Maidan, the Delhi BJP on Sunday launched the political campaign #SelfieWithCorruptionKaRajmahal from Connaught Place to expose the Kejriwal Government. The Delhi BJP also launched a “poster attack” on Kejriwal, both online and offline. The BJP accused AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal of trying to cover up his government's corruption with his rally at Ramlila Maidan.
The Delhi BJP’s official twitter handle on Sunday morning tweeted a poster, based on the poster of a recent movie 'Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai', taking a jibe at the AAP convener and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. “Just one guy is enough to destroy delhi, Name is Kejriwal,” BJP tweeted in Hindi. Several placards have also been strategically placed on Delhi's roads next to AAP posters on the rally. “Mega rally against the dictatorship of the Centre,” the AAP poster reads. “Rs 45 crore for Kejriwal's house renovation.
Please answer. This money is from my taxes,” the bigger BJP placard right next to it reads. Another BJP placard in Delhi reads, “Mr Kejriwal, we also want to see the AAP's palace worth Rs 45 crore.”
The taunts refer to BJP's charge that Kejriwal lives in opulence like Iraq's Saddam Hussein and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Presenting pictures and videos of the Delhi Chief Minister's renovated home, BJP has alleged Kejriwal had spent Rs 45 crore on renovating the official residence. It bombarded social media with visuals of a two-storey bungalow with white columns, marble floors, fancy lighting, and automatic doors.
In a press conference at BJP headquarters, Delhi state president Virendra Sachdeva and MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ramesh Bidhuri said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) under Kejriwal has transformed into a “Khas Admi Party.” Tiwari said the Ramleela ground needs to be purified with Ganga Jal after Kejriwal's rally there. “I recall Kejriwal sharing dias with Anna Hazare during India Against Corruption days at Ramleela ground and claiming to be against corruption. He was again heard screaming from Ramleela ground, this time to cover up his corruption,” Tiwari said.
The northeast Delhi MP also accused Kejriwal of being a “political tourist” visiting different cities of the country while turning blind eye to such problems of Delhi as dirty water supply and pollution in Yamuna.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said AAP was no longer working for the common man and its only aim now is to “rob” the people of Delhi. “Kejriwal has ashamed Delhi people with low standard of his speech at the rally and asserting there were hundreds of Sisodias and Jains in his party. Did he mean to say the entire AAP is corrupt?” Sachdeva said.
Bidhuri alleged that Kejriwal's claim that his rally will be attended by one lakh people was belied by a person who set up tents there and who told him that payment was made for 10,000 chairs only. Sachdeva alongwith, Leader of opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri also launched the political campaign #SelfieWithCorruptionKaRajmahal from Connaught Place to expose the Kejriwal government.
Bidhuri has said that Kejriwal should stop giving a clean chit to his ministers and tell the public why their bail is not being granted for months if they are not involved in any scams.