Taking his battle against Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily to his constituency, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday accused him of having joined hands with RIl chief Mukesh Ambani and asked people to reject him in the lok Sabha polls.
Addressing a rally after his roadshow here from where Moily is seeking re-election, Kejriwal alleged that he had caused huge loss to the country and electing him again would pave the way for more loss to the nation. Moily had also failed to develop Chikkaballapur constituency, alleged Kejriwal, who has been targetting him persistently on the issue of gas pricing.
AAP, which is aiming big contesting all the 28 lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, has fielded former Inspector General of Police of CRPF, K Arkesh, known for his pro-active role in softening up forest brigand Veerappan during the abduction and later release of thespian late Rajkumar in 2000. As Chief Minister of Delhi, Kejriwal had opened a new front ordering filing of an FIR against Moily, former minister Murli Deora and Mukesh Ambani for alleged collusion in the hike in prices of natural gas from KG basin.
In his address, as usual Kejriwal attacked Modi, BJP, Congress and Rahul Gandhi telling people that only the AAP was an alternative to the corrupt parties which have been ruling India. He came down heavily on industrialist Ambani for colluding with both the parties. He said, “whatever the party comes in power Ambanis will rule the country. They give helicopter to both Modi and Rahul Gandhi. Whoever wins will protect their interest. They fix the petroleum prices according the wishes of Ambani.”
He thrashed the BJP and the Congress for giving tickets to corrupt leaders and read out a list to the cheers of people. He questioned the BJP on why the party is fielding corrupt politicians like Sriramalu and Yedyurappa when it claims to be against corruption. In his address Kejriwal claimed he has visited many places all over India and have found no one happy with the their Government.He said, “After resigning from Chief Minister’s post, I visited Haryana, UP, Karnataka and Odisha and got to know that people are not happy with their Government and need change. People of Karnataka are unhappy with both the BJP and the Congress and want to eradicate them. The AAP is the only alternative please votes out candidates to protect your interest and country.”
Kejriwal had defeated three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Assembly polls. Kejriwal’s big announcement came following his Saturday fund-raising dinner in the city that brought the AAP Rs 50 lakh.Varanasi goes to polls on May 12, four days before votes are counted. The AAP, which is aiming big contesting all the 28 lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, has fielded former Inspector General of Police of CRPF, K Arkesh, known for his pro-active role in softening up forest brigand Veerappan during the abduction and later release of thespian late Rajkumar in 2000.