New Delhi: In a scating attack on Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Keijiriwal on Thursday Bharatiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda alleged Arvind Kejriwal and his party, AAP, accusing them of widespread corruption and failures in governance.
Nadda highlighted various alleged scams, during the election campaign ahead of Delhi elections in Uttam Nagar including a Rs 28,000 crore fraud in the Delhi Jal Board and a Rs 2,800 crore liquor scam, criticizing AAP for worsening the situation in Delhi.
He criticized the AAP-led Delhi government for neglecting the city’s development, stating, “If there is a national-level competition for lying, Kejriwal will come first. But the people of Delhi have now woken up. There are heaps of garbage everywhere, what picture are they painting of Delhi?”
He also referred to Kejriwal’s promises to clean the Yamuna, claiming that the project had been marred by corruption. “He (Kejriwal) said he will clean the Yamuna, a scam of Rs 7,000-8,000 crore has been done. Prime Minister Modi sent 300 new electric buses, and by December 2025, 2026 new electric buses will be given,” Nadda said.
Nadda continued, criticising Kejriwal for abandoning key issues like education while engaging in corrupt activities. “In the last ten years, AAP has put Delhi in problems. They have broken all the records of corruption. I haven’t seen such a corrupt party like theirs,” Nadda remarked.
He accused Kejriwal’s government of failing to deliver on promises, such as free water, clean classrooms, and better infrastructure. “They spoke about education but got busy in a liquor scam. And it was not a small scam, it was a scam worth 2800 cr. Similarly, they announced free water, is it there and is it clean? My friends, they committed a scam worth 28000 cr in Delhi Jal Board, and did not even audit it. Delhi has been given to the hands of the tanker mafia.”
As the Health Minister, Nadda alleged that AAP was involved in a massive scam related to Mohalla Clinics. “As the Health Minister, I am saying that they committed a scam of Rs 65,000 crore in the name of fake tests in Mohalla Clinics,” Nadda claimed.
He also pointed to the failures in setting up CCTV cameras as promised by Kejriwal, adding, “He said that I will set up CCTVs everywhere but have they been set up and? In this he committed a scam of 571 crores.”
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