The day Aam Aadmi Party nominees filed their papers for the three Rajya Sabha seats, the party leadership on Thursday hit back at poet-turned-politician Kumar Vishwas, alleging that the rebel leader was the “epicenter of conspiracies” to topple the Arvind Kejriwal Government in Delhi. Vishwas was part of the conspiracy that was hatched by adversaries of the AAP to bring down the popularly elected Government in the national Capital, they said.
Vishwas was at the receiving end of the stinging attack a day after he gave vent to his ire against Kejriwal over being denied a Rajya Sabha ticket.
AAP’s Delhi convener Gopal Rai told the media that after the municipal polls in April last year, “there were attempts to bring down the Government and Kumar Vishwas was the principal mover and at the centre of those conspiracies”.
“Most of the meetings in this regard involving a few MlAs were held at his residence. Kapil Mishra was a part of it and later he was removed from the Cabinet,” he said during a Facebook live session.
However, Vishwas did not react to Rai’s allegations. The disgruntled AAP leader had on Wednesday alleged that he was punished for saying the truth about Kejriwal’s decisions and that he accepted his “martyrdom”.
During the social media session, Rai referred to a video that Vishwas had released indirectly attacking the Kejriwal Government on the issue of corruption.
Rai, who is also Development Minister in the AAP Government, said Vishwas sought to scuttle the AAP's chances in the municipal polls, which the party eventually lost to the BJP.
“He is a person who attacks the party from every possible public platform. Can such a person be sent to the Rajya SabhaIJ” Rai asked.
Earlier in the day, Vishwas had tweeted that he will never rethink the stance on various issues that he took in the video.
“The voice of this video was, is and will remain on top for me, despite the cost I had to pay recently. I will never compromise on any stand in this video, even if more sacrifices are needed in future, because it’s not just me, it’s We, The Nation!” he tweeted.