BJP on Sunday has demanded the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after former Minister Kapil Mishra alleged massive financial irregularities in the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) funding.
Reacting to the AAP’s claim that Mishra was acting at its behest, BJP national spokesperson Meenakshi lekhi said, “Kejriwal must come clean about the allegations levelled by the sacked Delhi Minister. He must respond to Mishra’s claims instead of resorting to mud-slinging.”
Terming Kejriwal as Mr Corrupt lekhi said, “Mr Corrupt has increased corruption in Delhi by leaps and bounds and this has overshadowed governance. The AAP’s leadership is being questioned because it is one man’s party indulging in corrupt practice and filling the coffers of his own family and people around him.”
The AAP has now become “Kejriwal Aadmi Party”, she added. The AAP swept to power in Delhi riding on its anti-corruption movement.
Responding to the AAP’s claim that Mishra was “parroting” the BJP, lekhi, an MP from central Delhi, said the sacked Minister was once Kejriwal’s confidant.
“Nobody has to parrot the BJP’s lines. This person (Mishra) is somebody at whose behest people like Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were thrown out of the AAP. He was close to Mr Corrupt.
“The BJP has nothing to do with him. When people from within the AAP are questioning the party leadership, we really don’t have much task to do. We can only ask questions in consonance,” she said.
Mishra told the media at his residence that the AAP had received crores of rupees from shell companies run by people close to Kejriwal.
Meanwhile, Delhi Pardesh President Manoj Tiwari has said that democracy is not a game of numbers it is a spirit to govern with transparency and accountability towards people.
“Kejriwal may hold a majority of numbers in Assembly but he has totally lost the confidence of the people due to his corrupt anarchic maladministration,” said Tiwari.
He also appealed to the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to order a complete investigation of the role of Axis Bank in Aam Aadmi Party’s financial scams. “It is pertinent to note that a senior official of Axis Bank has been reportedly very close to Arvind Kejriwal’s political set up too,” he added further.