New Delhi:
BJP president J.P. Nadda on Thursday called AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal the “biggest liar” as he targeted the party government in Delhi over corruption and alleged failure to fulfill its promises during its 10-year tenure. Simple.
Launching the campaign for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, JP Nadda said at a public meeting in Uttam Nagar here that if a lying competition is organized at the national level, Mr Kejriwal will stand first.
The Union minister listed the excise policy case among the “scams” of the Delhi government, in which several AAP leaders, including Mr Kejriwal, were arrested. The BJP leader alleged that AAP picked everyone’s pockets in Delhi during its two consecutive terms.
JP Nadda told the gathering that the AAP government broke all records of corruption during its 10-year rule in Delhi.
âWaqf Board scam…they did not even spare Muslims,â he claimed. He committed a scam of Rs 100 crore (in the Waqf Board).
JP Nadda called Arvind Kejriwal the ‘biggest liar’.
“He lies with such innocence on his face and misleads everyone that if a lying competition is organized at the national level, he will come first. But the people of Delhi will give a befitting reply to AAP in the assembly elections. ” BJP leader said.
He said the AAP government failed to fulfill its promise of providing clean water to the people of Delhi and indulged in corruption.
“Aapda” talked about education for 10 years, but instead got involved in the Rs 2,800 crore liquor scam. In the (Delhi) Jal Board, he did a Rs 28,000 crore scam and left people in the Delhi tanker mafia. It is in the hands of AAP,â J.P. Nadda claimed, referring to AAP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called AAP a “disaster” for the first time in his first rally in the capital before the elections.
âHe had promised to clean Yamuna river but was involved in a scam of Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000 crore. He cheated sanitation workers and Mr Kejriwal obstructed the implementation of central government schemes.
“They talk about schools and classrooms but you will be surprised to know that they were involved in a scam of Rs 1,300 crore in the construction of classrooms,” JP Nadda alleged.
JP Nadda said that whatever Delhi has got in the last 10 years has come from the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and not from anyone else.
He said the upcoming elections in Delhi are for the future of the city and voters should keep this in mind.
Voting for the 70-member Delhi Assembly will be held on February 5 and counting of votes will take place on February 8.
AAP is eyeing a third consecutive term after winning 67 and 62 seats in the 2015 and 2020 Delhi Assembly elections respectively. The BJP won three seats in 2015 and eight in 2020, while the Congress lost two elections.
