Delhi Congress on Sunday said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has forced his Social Welfare Minister Rajinder Pal Gautam to resign on Valmiki Jayanti Day but he has not asked for resignation of his Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is the number one accused in the liquor scam; Satyender Jain who is in jail for a money-laundering case and Transport Minister Kailash Ghelot in the DTC bus purchase and maintenance scam, as they bring him commissions from various corrupt deals.
Delhi Congress president Choudhury Anil Kumar said Kejriwal has once again exposed due to his anti-Dalit stand. Why he is protecting Sisodia, Jain and Gehlot? They gives commission to him,” Kumar asked.
Kumar said Gautam’s anti-Hindu Gods remarks at a Bhuddist function put a spoke in Kejriwal’s political ambition in Gujarat with the Assembly elections in the State round the corner, and he had no guilt in asking for Gautam’s resignation, though only recently, he had created a big political stunt by inviting a Dalit family from Gujarat to Delhi to have lunch with him, but refused to meet a delegation of Delhi Congress Dalit leaders who wanted to discuss the problems facing Dalits in Delhi. He said that Kejriwal was following the BJP agenda of dividing people on the basis of caste and religion to create animosity among the people while Congress party’s stated policy has always been to respect all religions and castes in equal measure, allowing people to practice the religion they believe in.