The BJP-AAP clash over the Excise Policy probe intensified on Thursday with the saffron party comparing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Nazi propaganda Minister Goebbels.
The Delhi BJP hit out at the AAP saying its allegations were like a "movie script" meant to mislead the public on the "scam" in Delhi's now-scrapped Excise Policy 2021-22. BJP workers on Thursday staged a massive protest at 270 places in the national Capital, demanding the sacking of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
"This is a total flop show of the AAP. Kejriwal ji you have to speak on the Excise Policy but your silence on this issue says a lot. You always come up with the same old, worn-out movie script to divert public attention. Arvind, you have become a descendant of Goebbels, who used to think that if you keep telling the public a lie, they will start believing it as a truth," Tiwari said in a video. Tiwari said those who indulged in the "liquor scam" visited the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.
Meanwhile, thousands of saffron party workers staged protests and shouted slogans such as “Manish Sisodia istefa do”. They also burned an effigy with the face of Sisodia on one side and Kejriwal’s face on the other.
Addressing the protestors at RK Ashram, Gupta said that the AAP has no answers as it knows its deceptive promises to Delhiites have now been exposed. That's why AAP leaders are misleading people by talking about things other than the Excise Policy.
“The BJP has many questions including, if the Excise Policy was so good, why did the AAP Government take it back? Why was retailing allowed to the manufacturer? Why did they waive off Rs 144 crore of liquor mafia and then again, Rs 30 crore?” Gupta questioned.
Union Minister of State, Meenakshi Lekhi said that the AAP Government had said before implementing the Excise Policy that it would increase the revenue of the national Capital by crores of rupees but the fact was that it only helped Kejriwal fill his pockets.
“Kejriwal used to say that if there is any corruption, he is a traitor to the country and so in light of this he should not remain in office. In such a situation, now what does he have to say about Satyendra Jain and Manish Sisodia, who have remained in the party and post even after being involved in corruption,” she asked.
Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri also demanded the resignation of Sisodia and said that the AAP’s truth is in front of the people of the Capital. “They are playing a game of accusation and counter-accusation but by doing all this they cannot escape their sins.
The AAP Government will have to answer why liquor vends were opened in violation of the Master Plan and rules,” Bidhuri said, adding that those who campaigned against corruption are now themselves trapped in it.