Braving queries on Tomar’s fake degree case, Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh said party’s internal lokpal was investigating into the matter.Singh said the party had no idea about degrees that Tomar produced after the controversy started over the issue.
He blamed the NDA government for witch-hunting saying Narendra Modi led central government was targeting AAP as it had emerged as formidable opposition party to take on them.
About the query of chargsheet filed against 21 AAP MlAs, Singh said the cases were old and were related to various agitations that AAP convened to highlight the apathy of Congress and other parties in the past. During his speech, Modi was on his target radar. He said the lalit Modi episode had exposed that BJP had double speak on corruption which was poll plank of BJP in the general election and it rode to powder due to this.
He demanded resignation of Sushama Swaraj and Vashundhar Raje Sindhia for their alleged closeness with lalit and doing a favour to him. He questioned why lalit invested a sum of Rs 11 crore in a company owned by Raje’s son Dushyant Singh.
Answering the queries of the newsmen, party spokesman Ashish Khetan lawlessness had become synonym to present UP government. “The situation in UP is even worse that Jungleraj,’ Khetan said while pointing out the murder of journalist Jagendra Signh in Sahahjahanpur. He said AAP leaders will meet governor to apprise him of the present situation. “Even the journalists were unsafe in the present government. They are not free to write in Samajwadi Party ruled government,” he said demanding immediate justice to the slain journalist.
He criticized Modi addressing him as Narendra Maun Modi while taking a dig at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh whom the BJP jibed as Maun Mohan Singh.
AAP leader Iliyas Azmi also answered the queries of the newsmen. He said in people of a family was in the rule in Uttar Pradesh. About lalit episode, he said lalit was accused of committing embezzlement in Indian Premier league cricket matches. He demanded that cricket should be stopped and hockey should be promoted in our country. “Cricket is a larger conspiracy of Capitalists, who used to fleece innocent public by organizing such events,’ he pointed out.
He said money laundering was big issue at the present time and big political parties used to remain involved in it in one way or other. He questioned the political thought of Samajwadi Party for showering solidarity with Sushma Swaraj who did a favour to lalit recently.