“Kejriwal took Rs 92 crore from the tanker company. We will run a signature campaign in every district of Delhi against him,” -Ramesh Bhiduri /BJP’s Lok Sabha member from south Delhi
New Delhi : Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay on Friday sought the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over water tanker scam, in an increasingly bitter fight with the Aam Aadmi Party, with two sides accusing each other of various scams and crimes.
“Earlier, I had demanded his (Kejriwal’s) resignation and now I demand that the Delhi Police arrest him,” Upadhyay told reporters here.
He alleged that Kejriwal “suppressed” for 11 months the report of a fact-finding team that probed the alleged irregularities in hiring 385 stainless steel water tankers by the Delhi Jal Board in 2012 during the tenure of the Congress government headed by Sheila Dikshit, reports IANS.He also said that the AAP leader is always busy making false allegations on social media platforms. “Why payments to the private company were carried on for 17 months instead of cancelling it? Why Keshav Chandra, who was earlier private secretary to Dikshit, was made Chief Executive Officer of the Jal Board?” the BJP leader queried.During the Congress tenure in the national capital, Kejriwal had accused the city government of being involved in the water tanker scam.
Upadhyay also dared the chief minister to explain his motive behind pressurising R.S. Tyagi to submit his papers from the Delhi Jal Board. Tyagi was a Joint Engineer with the DJB. “Water Minister Kapil Mishra gave report of the fact-finding committee to Kejriwal, but why was there a delay in sending the report to the Lt. Governor,” Upadhyay asked.
“Why the fact finding team sent the report first to the chief minister and the private vendor? Were they negotiating for money with the private water tanker company?” Upadhyay questioned. BJP’s LS member from south Delhi Ramesh Bhiduri also attacked the Delhi government and alleged “Kejriwal took Rs 92 crore from the tanker company. We will run a signature campaign in every district of Delhi against him.”
