BJP vs AAP / Is Sisodias memory going to be lost too Anurag Thakur takes a jibe at Kejriwal government

BJP vs AAP: The war of words between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP has intensified in Delhi. The BJP has leveled allegations of corruption against the Kejriwal government. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that LG VK Saxena has recommended a CBI inquiry into the Delhi Excise Policy. Thakur said that there were many flaws in the excise policy of Delhi, yet it was implemented. He accused the Kejriwal government of protecting the 'corrupt'. The Union Minister further said that 'AAP government has set new records of corruption.'

Anurag Thakur made serious allegations against Kejriwal

Anurag Thakur attacks Arvind Kejriwal saying that you have given shelter to corrupt people and the way you lied on TV and could not answer any charge of BJP, it shows that LG's recommendation of Home Ministry Absolutely the right move. Corrupt ministers should resign. A corrupt person like you has no right to be in power.

Will Manish Sisodia also lose memory?

Thakur said that you (Arvind Kejriwal) are silent on LG's letter to the Home Ministry for a CBI probe into corruption allegations, referring to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in judicial custody in the money laundering case. It shows corruption by your people under you. There were allegations against Satyendra Jain, who lost his memory in jail. Will Manish Sisodia also lose memory?

Questions raised on Delhi's excise policy

The Union Minister also emphasized that the CM of Delhi made tall claims but created new records of corruption. He said that one after the other instances of corruption are coming out from the departments of AAP. You had made big claims before joining politics but your government has created new records of corruption. His remarks came after Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena recommended a CBI probe into alleged violations of the Arvind Kejriwal-led government's new controversial excise policy. Including "deliberate and gross procedural lapses" by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Sisodia asked the liquor licensees to provide undue benefits after the tender.

heavy loss to the exchequer

The LG's office said that Sisodia had also given "undue financial favor" to the liquor licensees after the tender was awarded, thereby causing huge loss to the exchequer. Officials in the Lt Governor's office said Sisodia's role is under investigation for alleged willful and gross procedural lapses, which provided undue advantage to the tender process for liquor licensees for the year 2021-22. The excise policy was passed in the Delhi cabinet led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in 2021 amid the deadly delta Kovid-19 pandemic.