The war of words between the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party is far from over as Congress leader and former Union Minister Ajay Maken has now unleashed a fresh diatribe against Arvind Kejriwal and his party for taking swipes at his party and alleged that Arvind Kejriwal's proclamations on Opposition unity are not for cohesion but a ''calculated move to sabotage it to ''curry favour'' with the BJP.
Maken said Kejriwal seeks the Congress' help for the ordinance yet unabashedly ridicules its leaders, including Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan, one of them is a very senior leader. ''His ministers place prerequisites on our alliance, while their chief spokesperson publicly disparages our party and leaders on the day of the Opposition party meeting. To brazenly criticise and then demand support, is this how alliances are sought, Kejriwal?'' Maken said on Twitter. "So do they (AAP) really want the support of the Congress or make peace with us?" Maken said.
In a scathing attack at Kejriwal, the Congress leader further said Kejriwal betrayed Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav and the founders of the Anna Movement. The AAP-Congress face-off had dominated the opposition's first formal meeting in Patna on Friday. ''Kejriwal's political manoeuvres in recent weeks have left many baffled. However, let me elucidate the truth. His desperate attempts to evade imprisonment on corruption charges, wherein two of his colleagues are already jailed, are reasons for these actions,'' the Congress leader claimed.
Kejriwal's proclamations of Opposition unity are not for cohesion but a ''calculated move to sabotage it and curry favour with the BJP. Past actions of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Parliament, the Delhi Legislative Assembly, or elsewhere only reinforce their surreptitious alliance with the BJP'', he said.
Maken alleged that AAP was using corruption money to fight elections in several states to ''help the BJP'' and harm the Congress. ''Kejriwal's betrayals are infamous - just ask Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, and the founders of the Anna movement...,''' Maken said in a scathing attack on the Delhi CM. In Hindi, it's aptly said about him, 'Aisa koi saga nahin, jisko Kejriwal ne Thaga Nahin…'.”, Maken said. ''However, be assured Kejriwal, your deeds have not gone unnoticed. Your massive corruption and utilisation of these ill-gotten funds to sabotage the Congress in Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and Assam, just to help the BJP, won't be forgotten,'' the Congress leader said.
The Congress leader said, “ However, be assured @ArvindKejriwal, your deeds have not gone unnoticed. Your massive corruption and utilization of these ill-gotten funds to sabotage @INCIndia in Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and Assam, just to help the BJP, won't be forgotten.
