Terming the Aam Aadmi Party as ‘hardcore corrupt Government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday wasted no time in hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying tenders were prepared by friends of Kejriwal Government and Kejriwal and corruption have become synonymous and said he has no right to remain in the post.
The BJP leaders said Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot was made the chairman of the committee for tendering and procurement of buses by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) "with the intention of giving benefits to friends".
“There are general financial rules. I want to ask Arvind Kejriwal why he didn't follow the general financial rules. Does he think that he stands above laws and constitution of nation?” BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said at a Press conference. Bhatia said, “Arvind Kejriwal and corruption have become synonymous”.
“The Kejriwal Government violated the provisions of tender and procurement in order to favour favourite companies and gives tender to them.The appointment of DIMTS as a bid management consultant for this tender was done to facilitate wrongdoing, Bhatia alleged.“The main agenda of Kejriwal is to go astray and hang up the right work. But if you know how to deviate from the main issue, then the public also knows how to shock you,” Bhatia said.
Claiming that Kejriwal has no right to remain in the chair of Chief Minister, the BJP leader said each department of the AAP Government is involved in corrupt activities with "contracts and tenders being tailor-made to benefit the friends of Kejriwal".
"First, it was excise policy, now there are irregularities in the purchase of buses… Kejriwal and corruption have become synonymous"."How can you claim to be 'hardcore honest'? People have understood you are 'hardcore corrupt'... You have no right to remain in chair of chief minister," the BJP leader said. The BJP spokesperson said AAP has not responded to "charges of irregularities", but raised another unrelated issue to divert attention.
Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta and MLA Vijendra Gupta, who also addressed the press conference, alleged the Kejriwal government violated tender rules and guidelines of the Central Vigilance Commission to favour some companies. The BJP leaders welcomed L-G VK Saxena's move of forwarding the complaint to the CBI to probe into the alleged corruption
Gupta said that a new corruption case has come to light. 'DTC released tender to purchase 1000 low floor BS-IV and BS-VI buses, however, the procurement of buses was illegal and they ignored the CVC guidelines. They even neglected the general finance rule in the procurement of buses by DTC,' Gupta said. "Kejriwal doesn't believe in CVC, his only motive is DCC – direct cash collection," he alleged.