The BJP on Thursday called Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the biggest U-turn party in human history. “The drama begins again,” said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, ridiculing Kejriwal’s comment that AAP’s vote share has risen in Gujarat after CBI raids against his Deputy Manish Sisodia.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Patra attacked Kejriwal for saying that AAP is the political party which has suffered the most in Indian history, calling it a “U-turn” party. “Kejriwal ji is wrong when he says that AAP suffered most. In fact, Kejriwal's party is the biggest U-turn or Paltu party in the 3,000-4,000 years of human history,” Patra said. Citing the documents of the Delhi Government, Patra claimed that under the old liquor policy, retail stores were receiving `33 while `330 was going to the Government’s coffer on sale of each bottle of whiskey. But, under the new policy, liquor stores started receiving `363 while the Government got only `8, he said.
Patra also alleged that the AAP Government “waived `144 crore for liquor barons,” that they owed the Government, but failed to purchase home tickets for migrant workers who were stranded in the city during the Covid-induced lockdown.
Patra said that whenever a corrupt leader of AAP is caught, their drama starts, with Kejriwal saying that there is no Minister more honest than Satyendra Jain.
“When Jain was about to be arrested, he was completely immersed in corruption, his investigation was going on, then also Kejriwal was gave the exact same speech,” he said.