ROHTAK, Nov 5: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday dubbed the Narendra Modi government’s fight against corruption a ‘nautanki’ or theatrics, saying those whom the BJP accuses of wrongdoing are rewarded with ministerial berths upon joining the party.
Addressing a party event in Haryana’s Rohtak, the Delhi chief minister also said that if someone has committed a “huge sin or a crime” and joined the BJP, the officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Enforcement Directorate or Income Tax Department would not dare to touch that person.
“Who are the corrupt? The corrupt are not those who have been nabbed by the ED and sent behind bars. The corrupt are those who joined the BJP due to ED’s scare. Those who have been nabbed by the ED but did not join the BJP are fiercely honest. Because they know today or tomorrow they will come out,” he said.
“But those who indulge in dishonesty, know that if they are arrested they will have to go to jail for life and immediately join the BJP. So, understand who is corrupt and who is honest,” the AAP leader said.
The prime minister says he is fighting against corruption and the corrupt but I want to tell him that if that was true, then Kejriwal would have been the first one to support you, he said.
Modi visited a state and named a few leaders saying they were corrupt and would be jailed. Sometime later, those leaders joined the BJP, Kejriwal said without taking any names.
“Is this your fight against corruption? This is a ‘nautanki’ (theatrics),” he added.
The ED had recently summoned Kejriwal for questioning in the alleged Delhi excise policy case and to record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Kejriwal on Thursday did not appear before the ED and wrote to the central agency demanding the “recall” of its summons to him, calling it “vague, motivated and unsustainable in law”.People are also talking about a friend of the prime minister who is actually running the country.
The BJP makes a list of people who speak against the PM and then directions are given to the CBI and other agencies to target them in “fake” cases. (PTI)
