Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari on Saturday demanded a criminal probe against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD).
This comes as the Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta demanded that the AAP leader, along with his predecessor Sheila Dikshit of the Congress, be arrested in connection to the alleged water tanker scam.
Mr. Tiwari released the copy of a complaint filed by a PWD official alleging that he received threats after trying to stop a group of workers — attached to a firm being operated by Mr. Kejriwal’s deceased kin Surendra Bansal and his son Vinay — from “trying to damage a drain in Delhi.”
‘CM protecting kin’
“Mr. Kejriwal has given protection to his relatives’ companies that have committed several similar scams by damaging proper drains or roads to obtain reconstruction or repair orders. In many cases no repair was done yet payments were made on forged work completion certificates,” Mr. Tiwari said while demanding that the Anti-Corruption Branch and the CBI probe the matter.
Meanwhile, Mr. Gupta demanded the arrest of Mr. Kejriwal and Ms. Dikshit in the alleged water tanker scam.
Terming it “serious and criminal”, Mr. Gupta argued that former AAP Minister Kapil Mishra had recommended the filing of an FIR against those involved in the alleged ₹400 crore scam, but it was “intentionally delayed at the level of the CM’s office”.
“The action was only taken after I strongly raised the matter in the Delhi Assembly on June 10, 2016. The matter was was sent to the ACB and the CBI for investigation. Not heeding the advice of his own Minister of filing the FIR, after receiving the proof of the water tanker scam, the CM can not be absolved of the responsibility in involvement in the water tanker scam,” the LoP said.
