Former Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Satish Upadhyay on Wednesday released a booklet on alleged corruption during the two years of the Arvind Kejriwal government, which he claimed had “left Sheila Dikshit’s 15-year rule behind”.
‘Anti-Delhi policies’
At a press conference, Mr. Upadhyay issued a 14-point booklet attacking “corruption and immoral politics of the Aam Aadmi Party”, including “anti-Delhi policies, politics on unauthorised colonies, race for looting public funds, scams and disrespect towards women”.
“Through this booklet, we’ve explained how Mr. Kejriwal has left the Congress behind where corruption and immorality are concerned,” he said.
He alleged that the Congress had executed the trifurcation of the municipal corporation “without taking required steps” but the AAP “had withheld funds due to the corporations and paralysed them by not implementing the Fourth Delhi Finance Commission”.
Questioning Ministers from both the governments, the booklet stated while “Raj Kumar Chauhan was an accused in the stamp paper scam”, AAP’s Satyendra Jain is “facing charges in connection with running fake companies and Hawala trade”.
“The Congress looted ₹3,000 crore by showing regularisation of unauthorised colonies on paper while the AAP benefited by purchasing 400-acre near unauthorised colonies,” the booklet has alleged.
Contract system
“The Congress has betrayed the people on many occasions and one of them was by starting the contract system in government appointments. Even in this case, Mr. Kejriwal has left the Congress behind. He has appointed volunteers from his party in the name of the contract system and pressurised the municipal corporations to retrench temporary staff. This government has written two letters in this regard,” he alleged.
