The Kapil Mishra-Arvind Kejriwal battle is hotting up, with family members taking sides in a public war of words.
AAP leader and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita, took potshots at his former disciple and now chief detractor, Mr. Mishra, on Twitter on Monday.
“Law of nature never errs. Seeds of deceit, lies sown, so shall he @KapilMishra reap. Inevitable,” the former income tax commissioner tweeted.
Mr. Mishra was quick to respond to the barb.
“Sunitaji is a very committed wife. She doesn’t know what type of conspiracies are being hatched in her house. She is fulfilling her duties,” the former Minister — sacked by Mr. Kejriwal last week — said on Twitter
Mr. Mishra’s mother, Annapurna Mishra, had fired a salvo at Mr. Kejriwal last week, accusing him in an open letter of spreading “falsehood” against her son by saying he was associated with the BJP.
In the Twitter battle, Mr. Mishra suggested that Mr. Kejriwal was using his wife’s account to post messages.
“Sir @ArvindKejriwal return Sunitaji phone to her,” tweeted Mr. Mishra, who had accused the Aam Aadmi Party of receiving illegal donations from shell companies. In another message, the sacked Minister said he was not going to “utter a single word” against Sunita Kejriwal.
“Sunitaji is unaware of truth. She is upset with her husband’s downfall. I respect every negative comment from her side. (But) I will not utter a single word against her,” Mr. Mishra tweeted.
