In another round of allegations, sacked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Tourism and Water Minister Kapil Mishra said that the person who has come out to accept that he has sponsored party leaders Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh’s trip to Russia is a “scam-ridden” businessman.
Mr. Mishra said that Mr. Sheetal Singh, who accepted before the media to have sponsored the foreign trip, runs a business of high-security registration plates and is directly involved with companies that are under the scanner for allegedly committing fraud.
“I have asked for the details of foreign trips of five AAP leaders, but no information in the regard was shared. The day the information in this matter comes out, (Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal will have to leave the country,” said Mr. Mishra at a press conference.
‘Registration plate scam’
Mr. Mishra also asked if Mr. Kejriwal was aware of Mr. Singh, and whether he knows that Mr. Singh owns a business of high-security registration plates. He also asked if Mr. Kejriwal is aware that in Delhi, a scam of Rs. 400 crore with regard to the high-security registration plates is being investigated.
Soon after Mr. Mishra levelled these allegations against Mr. Singh, a caution notice was shot by the owners of Rosmerta HSRP Ventures Pvt. Ltd, who alleged that Mr. Mishra was using their company’s name and connecting it to Mr. Singh.
He also went on to ask if Mr. Kejriwal remembers that in AAP’s 49-day government this scam was investigated by forming a committee and that that the companies whose projects were cancelled during that tenure were continued in their present tenure. “If the truth behind this comes out then Mr. Kejriwal will have to leave this country,” Mr. Mishra added.
Appeal made
Mr. Mishra also called on all former AAP members who quit the party to join hands and clean it. He also apologised to co-founder of the party Prashant Bhushan and former member Yogendra Yadav for not paying heed to them when they pointed that few elements were brewing corruption in a party that was constituted to fight the menace. However, Mr. Yadav has asked Mr. Mishra to decide if his apology is out of “remorse or revenge”.
