The Delhi unit of BJP and Congress on Tuesday said that an FIR should be registered against State Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged Rs 20 crore Delhi Jal Board (DJB) scam terming the arrest of a few persons in the case was not enough. They also said that all the accounts of the DJB should be sealed, and a CAG audit should be conducted.
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Anil Kumar at separate press conferences here said that the arrest of three persons in the DJB scam is not enough.
“An FIR should also be lodged against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal because as the DJB chairman he was fully aware of the scam.” Bidhuri questioned why the Chief Minister did not take any action in the matter when the alleged scam was exposed.
DPCC president Kumar echoed similar views saying that arrest of two directors and the Chief Financial Officer of an e-payment firm by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with embezzlement of user payments in the DJB scam was only the tip of the iceberg.
Kumar also alleged that the extent of corruption in the DJB was so well-entrenched under the Kejriwal Government that jailed Minister Satyender Jain, when he was the chairman of the DJB, had terminated the services of 10 DJB officials for illegal activities. SR