The BJP on Saturday dubbed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a “maha thug” and demanded his resignation after conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar alleged that he was forced to bring “over 20 people to contribute Rs 500 crore towards his party”.
In a fresh ‘letter’ addressed to the media, Chandrashekhar claimed that he gave more than Rs 50 crore to the AAP, which promised to nominate him to the Rajya Sabha. The AAP has dismissed his charges.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said,”This letter exposes Arvind Kejriwal as a maha (great) thug who conned (the) conman and has cheated his every friend.”
With the help of Chandrashekhar, “Kejriwal wanted to develop thuggery into an industry, to raise money for himself and his party and he is running a Kejriwal thuggery centre”, Bhatia alleged.
Echoing a similar sentiment, BJP MP Gautam Gambhir said, “After cheating the people of Delhi by polluting the clean air, now the biggest thug (Kejriwal) is cheating the conman.”
Later addressing a press conference at the BJP’s Delhi unit office, party 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.
Poonawala also said the AAP would win a gold medal if there was one for corruption. He also accused it of playing the victim card in the face of corruption charges.
“AAP starts playing the victimhood card when asked questions over the…
