Demanding answers on AAP’s “dubious” funding from “dummy companies”, BJP on Wednesday alleged that its leader Arvind Kejriwal’s political conduct was completely contradictory to the standards he had set for himself.
“All his claims to be the sole custodian of propriety, of probity, of morality, of standards of polity in India stand completely exposed because of his conspicuous silence to squarely face these searching questions,” said Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.
He sought Kejriwal to answer questions posed to him for allegedly accepting funds from “dummy” companies which “have fictitious addresses, have common directors and no business to show and are making no profits.” He questioned AAP if it accepted cheques from anywhere. Prasad said, “The political conduct has been completely contradictory to the standards Kejriwal set for himself.”
“Mr Kejriwal please answer. You took money from such a company which does not have any business, any profit, whose directors are in many dummy companies with fictitious addresses. We want answers to these questions.
“Please don’t run away from the truth. If you don’t want to give answers, then it becomes evident that you are trying to create blackmoney into white,” he said, adding, “It exposes your hallow and the claim of morality.”
The Union Minister demanded that Kejriwal stand up by the standards he has set for himself. “You are the biggest claimant in the embodiment of transparency and morality in the polity of India. You are being asked whether you have any responsibility”.