New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Levelling major allegations on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ahead of the assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gaurav Bhatia on Wednesday said that the contractors and liquor businessmen, who are friends of Kejriwal, have invested around Rs 100 crores of ‘black money’ in the construction of ‘Sheesh Mahal’.
Addressing a press conference, Bhatia referenced an affidavit and said that Kejriwal had previously promised that he would not take any bungalow and would live like a common man. However, Bhatia alleged that Kejriwal is now building a large bungalow, contradicting his earlier commitment. He demanded clarification from Kejriwal regarding this promise.
Showing an affidavit which was reportedly signed by Arvind Kejriwal in regard of not taking any bungalow, Bhatia said, “In this affidavit, Kejriwal says – ‘I won’t take a bungalow and will live like a common man.’ Shouldn’t we ask, Arvind Kejriwal Ghazni, kya hua tera waada? (what happened to your promise?) Will he give any clarification on the promise he made to the public? He had said that he wouldn’t take a big bungalow, but to make a big bungalow, it is said that Rs 50 crores have been invested (as per reports) in ‘Sheesh Mahal’ plus black money of Rs 100 crores of contractors and liquor businessmen friends have also been invested in it.”
The BJP leader stated that the party will soon present proof and facts in the alleged “Sheesh Mahal scam.”
Bhatia further called Kejriwal the “biggest corrupt brother” of all those corrupt people who have invested their ‘black money’ in the ‘Sheesh Mahal’.
“Till now it was being said that this scam of Rs 50 crores is only on paper but now it has come to light that the liquor businessmen friends of Arvind Kejriwal have invested their money in the ‘Sheesh Mahal’. The contractors for whom over-invoicing has been done, as it came in the CAG report, their money is also invested in this ‘Sheesh Mahal’ and soon we will show this with proof and facts,” Bhatia said in a press conference.
“All these corrupt people consider Arvind Kejriwal as their biggest corrupt brother and their black money is invested in this ‘Sheesh Mahal’. In this regard, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj were making ‘noises’ (shor-shor-shor macha rahe the), hence, chor machaye shor… Arvind Kejriwal does not come in front of the media to answer the questions that the public is asking…” he added.
This escalation in the war of words between the BJP and AAP comes as Delhi heads towards its assembly elections, scheduled for February 5.
Earlier, Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva slammed former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said his name is “synonymous with lies” as he “failed’ to fulfil any of his promises.
Taking a jibe at the AAP national convenor, Sachdeva said that the only statement of his which turned true was his party members including him, going to jail.
“Arvind Kejriwal had said that I swear on my children that I will not take any government car, bungalow or security. Arvind Kejriwal should tell whose life was lost and whose promise was lost. Ahead of the Punjab election women were promised 1,000 rupees would be credited to their account once AAP came to power but none of them received it,” he said.
Notably, BJP has been heavily attacking the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party and its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal over the ‘Sheesh Mahal’ row.
BJP also put up posters of the Sheeshmahal on the roads near Flagstaff Road. Also, models of the Sheesh Mahal have been prepared by the Delhi BJP and are being displayed in trucks in every constituency.
The elections in Delhi are scheduled to be held in a single phase on February 5 and the counting of votes will be done on February 8.
Incumbent AAP, which won the previous two terms with massive margins — 67 and 62 out of 70 seats — is facing a stiff two-pronged challenge against BJP and the Congress. (ANI)
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