The BJP and the AAP sparred over the jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s third letter to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena demanding an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into his allegations of threat and pressure from jailed AAP Minister Satyendar Jain.
In the letter the conman given the details of the 'deals' done at AAP Minister Kailash Gahlot's farmhouse with the consent of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
He also went on to request the L-G to allow him to file an FIR in the matter. The BJP on Monday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arving Kejriwal and demanded a CBI probe into Sukesh’s claims that he had bribed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Addressing a press conference, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta also demanded the transfer of jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain from Delhi to a prison in either Uttar Pradesh or Haryana.
The BJP leader said a party delegation will soon meet Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in this connection. BJP MP Parvesh Verma, too, demanded Jain's transfer to a prison in any state except the AAP-ruled Punjab. "If Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gets arrested in the liquor scam as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claims, he too should not be kept in any Delhi jail," Verma said.
Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri also demanded a thorough investigation into the Sukesh’s allegations against AAPians. Terming the conman’s letter fake, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that the BJP is resorting to its "old tactics of spreading lies" as the Gujarat and Delhi municipal elections are nearing.
He alleged that the BJP is taking help from jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar to "repeat the same tactics" and in a bid to win the elections. "As the elections are nearing, the BJP is resorting to its old tactics of spreading lies. Right before the Punjab elections, they brought Kumar Vishwas and alleged that Arvind Kejriwal was involved with nefarious and anti-social elements.
And now, they are taking help of jailed conmen like Sukesh Chandrashekhar to repeat the same tactics," he said. Bharadwaj further claimed that the BJP can make "random allegations" in order to win the upcoming elections.
In the letter, the conman requested that a CBI inquiry should be conducted and that he be permitted to register an FIR because “the pressure is getting too much and any undue event may take place before the truth about AAP is exposed.”
The conman went on to say that it is not just about Satyendar Jain, but that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Kailash Gehlot have been deeply engaged in all of the cases involving him.
“I have read the news and seen that Mr Arvind Kejriwal has tweeted that BJP is putting me forward during election times and he wrote that I am the country’s biggest thug, which is misleading and diverting from the issue,” Sukesh alleged.
In the letter, Sukesh has made a fresh accusation against Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain and former Director General of Prison, Sandeep Goyal, alleging that he has been getting “severe threats” from the jail administration on behalf of Jain and sacked DG.“…that now I will be taught a serious lesson, and also I will be shown stars by AAP party workers when produced to courts, for what I have done. They said I will have to pay the price now,” he said, listing out the alleged threats.
“I am (not) intimidated by them, but requesting to direct the CBI to initiate an urgent investigation in detail and allow me to file FIR for the same, as the pressure is getting too much and any undue event may take place, before that the truth about AAP should be exposed, as the matter is not only about Satyender Jain but also Arvind Kejriwal and Kailash Gahlot are also a part of all the episodes that have taken place,” the letter reads.
“The matter is much more than what meets the eye, I have in the month of August 2022 itself have given a part statement regarding the same to CBI AC-V during the probe of some other case of mine,” the conman added. He reiterated his claim that Kejriwal took Rs 50 crores from him to expand AAP in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, alleging that he was instrumental in former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao’s AAP joining. In his second letter, Sukesh has alleged that Kejriwal asked him to collect Rs 500 crore for the party. The AAP, however, has dismissed his charges.
Earlier, Chandrashekar had written an open letter to the media alleging, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took ?50 crores from him in the promise of a Rajya Sabha seat.
He had alleged that Kejriwal contacted him through Jain. After his first letter, Tihar DG Sandeep Goel was removed from his post and was ordered to report to Delhi Police headquarters.