Monday 13 July 2015

Sadiq Gill - BJP accuses AAP of spreading anarchy

A day after ruling Aam Aadmi Party MLA Manoj Kumar was arrested in a land grabbing case, the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused the AAP Government of spreading anarchy and posed five questions to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regarding the conduct of his colleagues.

Seeking action against AAP legislators allegedly involved in corruption and other cases, Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay asked Mr. Kejriwal how former Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar’s bogus degree and Mr. Manoj Kumar’s cheating case had escaped the dragnet if the party’s internal Lokpal had inquired into the credentials of all MLAs.

Mr. Upadhyay said at a press conference here that the appointment of 21 Parliamentary Secretaries by the Delhi Government was illegal, while the General Administration Department had expressed ignorance in an RTI reply about the rules under which they had been appointed. He said the BJP was exploring legal options to challenge the decision.

“The ABC of Mr. Kejriwal’s party stands clear now. It is anarchy, bogusness and cheating,” said Mr. Upadhyay.

The Delhi BJP chief said several AAP MLAs, including Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, were involved in various cases, but no action had been taken against them. “Have you asked Mr. Tomar and Mr. Kumar to quit the Assembly, as you had said that AAP would withdraw any MLA candidate against whom such charges were revealed,” Mr. Upadhyay asked the Chief Minister.

He also asked if the internal Lokpal had been told to inquire into Mr. Kumar’s matter, which was well in the party's knowledge, as admitted by AAP leader and lawyer H.S. Phoolka who has reportedly claimed that the MLA was cooperating in the police inquiry.

Referring to some other controversies, Mr. Upadhyay sought to know if Mr. Kejriwal would ask the Delhi Police to arrest MLAs Akhilesh Tripathi and Sanjeev Jha who had “started an anarchy phase” and Promila Tokas who was accused of assaulting a Scheduled Caste woman.

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