Former Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has written an open letter to Delhi Chief Minsiter Arvind Kejriwal questioning his style of functioning and also accused him of believing ‘Arvind is AAP, and AAP is India’.
In a scathing attack on his former Parivartan India colleague, Gandhi chided Kejriwal for the manner in which he has dealt with dissent in the party. “Many of your senior colleagues have left you, or been expelled. Among the five-member team which was to present the nation’s voice at the lokpal Bill negotiation team with five ministers, only you remain in solitary splendour,” he said in a letter.
“Your implied argument appears to be that they were not serving the interests of the nation. You appear to believe that ‘Arvind is AAP, and AAP is India’,” he said in the letter.
Gandhi also raised concerns over passing of the lokpal Bill. Gandhi criticised Kejriwal for not living up to his transparency doing little to improve adherence to RTI in the State and showing lack of initiative in passing the lokpal Bill.
“lokpal is another area which has been of concern to people of the nation. You were given an unprecedented majority in Delhi, but a full nine months later there is no sign of the lokpal Bill being passed. It appears that your enthusiasm for a lokpal has waned...,” he said.
“You resigned as Chief Minister claiming that since you could not pass the lokpal Bill you would not continue,” he pointed out.