The Delhi Congress on Tuesday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for not responding to the corruption allegations leveled by former Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during the special session of Delhi Assembly.
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Ajay Maken said, “When the AAP called the special Assembly session, we expected that corruption charges against the Chief Minister and problems faced by the people of Delhi will be discussed.”
Maken said he hoped issues like Kejriwal taking bribe, rising number of dengue, water and power shortage and Metro fare hike would be discussed but none of the issues were taken up in the Assembly.
Maken also slammed Kejriwal for raising doubts over electronic voting machines (EVMs). “All doubts regarding EVM can be put before the ECI (Election Commission of India) on May 12,” the former Union Minister said.
The Congress leader’s remarks came after AAP MlA Saurabh Bharadwaj sought to demonstrate in the Assembly as to how an EVM could be tampered with.
The AAP is in the throes of a crisis with its sacked Minister Kapil Mishra accusing Kejriwal and other senior leaders of corruption.
The AAP, which termed Mishra’s allegations as “baseless”, suspended him from the party’s primary membership at the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting on Monday.
The Congress also accused the party of diverting attention from the real issues by holding a demonstration on EVM tampering in the Assembly.