Mounting a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the alleged expenditure of ₹45 crore on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence, the Congress on April 27 said it was “shameful” and was like “slapping its voters” in the face.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera also asserted that there was no contradiction in party president Mallikarjun Kharge reaching out to Mr. Kejriwal and senior leader Ajay Maken attacking the Delhi Chief Minister regularly.
“Kharge ji called the AAP which is a very good tradition and a good way to strengthen ties as we need to have good ties among each other for the fight we are fighting. But this does not mean that if such a mistake comes to the fore, no one comments on it,” Mr. Khera said, adding, ”There is no good cop bad cop, both can coexist”.
Mr. Khera, who was an aide of former Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, supported Mr. Maken by stating that he [Mr. Maken] had said “the right thing”
“You call yourself an aam aadmi [common man], it is a different matter that nobody considers you an aam aadmi now. During COVID when people were suffering and there was shortage of oxygen then what were you doing —expenditure of ₹45 crore on renovating your house, building a swimming pool, draping curtains worth lakhs and crores, fitting tiles, is this Aam Aadmi’s government? These are astonishing facts,” Mr. Khera said..
