The BJP on Monday hit out at the AAP over its street protests against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's arrest, asserting that the CBI is acting lawfully against the "corrupt" but the city's ruling party does not seem to believe in law, Constitution and people.
Meanwhile, the BJP leaders also crticised the AAP for comparing Sisodia with Shahid Bhagat Singh. Delhi BJP leaders also demanded sacking of Sisodia and Jain from the cabinet.
With its "drama" and show of "anarchy", the AAP has signalled that it will not let probe agencies do their work which amounts to obstructing the process of justice and contempt of court, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia told reporters after Sisodia was sent to the CBI remand till March 4 in the case of alleged irregularities and corruption in excise policy, now withdrawn. The BJP leader described the AAP as "Arajak Apradh Party" (anarchic, criminal party) and said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seems to have taken oath on the Constitution to destroy it, he alleged. Neither does Kejriwal abide by law nor he sacks his ministers involved in corruption, he said, noting that Satyendar Jain is behind bars for months in a money laundering case. Jain has not received bail yet because courts believe that the charges against him are serious, the BJP leader said.
Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Monday slammed arrested Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia for allegedly trying to hide his "sins" by using freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's name. She alleged that the children of Delhi have suffered because of the Aam Aadmi Party government and earlier governments.
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri has advised Kejriwal to immediately drop his two ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, from the cabinet. “The Delhi cabinet should be reshuffled immediately as it is not in the interest of Delhi that almost half the ministers do not work. Constitutionally and morally, it is also necessary that there should be an immediate change in the Delhi cabinet,”
Bidhuri has said that Jain is in jail since May last year. All his portfolios were handed over to Deputy Sisodia and now Sisodia is also under CBI custody. Kejriwal is the only Chief Minister in the whole country who has not kept any portfolio with him. In this way, three out of seven ministers do not have any portfolio now. “It is not right to leave the whole of Delhi on the trust of the remaining four ministers. He said that it would not be fair to the people of Delhi that the party which has 62 MLAs out of 70, is not even able to give a full government to Delhi,” he said.
Former Delhi BJP president and MLA, Vijendra Gupta accused that the AAP is employing its anarchic elements to create disturbances and disorder, impeding investigations into grave accusations.
Gupta added that the entire spectacle is a ploy to divert attention away from the corrupt activities and safeguard the Chief Minister, who is next in line to face the law.
