Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar on Saturday once again triggered a flutter in the political circles with a second letter from jail addressed to the media in which he has accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of receiving Rs 50 crore in lieu of a Rajya Sabha seat to him.
The BJP demanded a probe in the issue and asked Kejriwal to come clean on it; on the other side, the AAP accused BJP of having struck a deal with the conman to target the CM on daily basis in return of setting him free from jail.
“Mr Kejriwal, I am the country’s ‘biggest thug’ according to you. Then why did you receive Rs 50 crore from me and offer me Rajya Sabha seat? What does that make you—maha thug?” Sukesh wrote in the letter which was released through his lawyer in the social media.
Sukesh piled a set of questions to Kejriwal in the letter.
He also alleged that jailed Minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain and former Director General of Prison Sandeep Goel are threatening him after his complaint to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor went public.
“In 2016, Kejriwal ji, why did you force me to bring 20 to 30 more individuals to contribute Rs 500 crores in cash to the party in return of seats and postings in AAP Karnataka and Tamil Nadu,” he asked and even alleged that Kejriwal, along with AAP jailed leader Satyendra Jain, had attended his dinner party in a five star hotel in 2016.
“Why did you attend my dinner party along with Mr Jain in 2016 at Hyatt, Bhikaji Cama Place, where I was staying after delivering Rs 50 crores which I paid at Gehlot farm house at Asola to Mr Satyendra Jain on your instructions,” he asked Kejriwal.
“Kejriwal ji, why did you force me and keep following up to make sure Mr Bhaskar Rao, Ex- Commissioner of Police, Banglore joins AAP only after his service as a super cop? Why did you speak to me on the phone of Mr Jain in 2017 when he came to visit me in Tihar Jail? In black Iphone the name was saved as AK-2,” Sukesh said.
“Kejriwal Ji why did you keep telling Mr Jain to ask me to convince a few MLAs and actors in Tamil Nadu to join AAP? In 2016 and 2017 why was put a constant pressure on me? How come you were ‘Ok’ when 10 more crores was paid to Mr Jain in 2019 for jail protection money,” he asked.
“So hence Kejriwal ji, before pointing your finger towards me and trying to make the issue political and diverting the topic in people’s mind, now it is time you will be answerable to law as I will submit evidence of every transaction and conversation between you, me and other associates of yours. I don’t think I will back up,” he further said.
BJP spokesperson Shezad Poonawala asked Kejriwal if he had met the conman “at the farmhouse of his minister Kailash Gahlot” and sought to know what discussions were held. He demanded that Kejriwal sack both Jain and Gahlot from his Cabinet. Jain is in jail in connection with a money laundering case. Leader of opposition of Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri demanded a probe in the matter.
AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia countered the allegations saying that the BJP had struck a deal with the “conman sitting in Tihar”. He will level absurd allegations against Kejriwal every day and in return, the BJP will help him in the case, he tweeted.