AAP, Arvind Kejriwal 'promoting' corruption in Delhi, Punjab, alleges Congress

The Congress on Friday accused AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal of promoting corruption in Delhi and Punjab and said it is very unfortunate that a party born out of an antigraft movement is busy defending its leaders who are in jail for alleged corruptionCongress leader Alka Lamba also said that the Enforcement Directorate ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI have been misused so much that even when there may be legitimate grounds for their actions suspicions and fears are naturalAddressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here Lamba alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party AAP and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal promote corruption in Delhi and Punjab and defend their corrupt leadersShe also expressed concern over what she said was deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab under the AAP governmentIt is very unfortunate that the party which was born out of the movement to fight against corruption today the same party and its chief Arvind Kejriwal are leaving the people of Delhi at the mercy of God and busy defending their leaders who are jailed for corruption she saidShe alleged that due to Kejriwals stubbornness of running Punjab remotely sitting in Delhi the law and order in Punjab is in poor conditionAlso Read Arvind Kejriwal too will meet same fate as Manish Sisodia Satyendar Jain says BJP MP Manoj TiwariThe infamous liquor scam in which AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is in jail was first exposed by the Congress she claimedSisodia and other accused are going through a legal process The law will take its course But instead of giving factual answers to even a single question related to the liquor scam AAP and Kejriwal who claims to be staunchly honest are engaged in garnering sympathy by claiming themselves to be victims she saidAfter the CBI now ED has also arrested Sisodia If he is so staunchly honest and he is sure of his innocence then why hasnt he gone to the Delhi High Court to get the FIR against him quashed she askedLamba said that the Aam Aadmi Party government should say that on whose behest Sisodia misused the feedback unit to keep an eye on the activities of political people and partiesHer remarks on a day the Enforcement Directorate produced Sisodia under arrest in a money laundering case related to the city governments excise policy before a special court and sought his custody for 10 daysLamba said that former health minister of AAP Satyendar Jain is in jail for the last several months and is not even able to secure bail from courtThe way Mr Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain went behind bars because of their corruption and Kejriwal is constantly defending them it can be said that there is a world of difference between their words and their actions Lamba saidIf a list of corruption cases of Aam Aadmi Party is given then it will become a neverending story The reality of Aam Aadmi Party difference between their words and actions should be known to the public It is necessary to bring to the fore and Congress being a responsible political party will continue to expose the corruption of AAP she assertedTalking about Punjab Lamba claimed that the people of the state had been forced to live under the shadow of fearWhat happened recently in Ajnala of Amritsar is enough to tell the condition of law and order in PunjabWe want to ask Kejriwal whether the control of the Punjab Police is not with the Aam Aadmi Partys Bhagwant Mann government Whom do you hold responsible for the daily increasing crime in Punjab Is it not your responsibility for the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab she saidLast month selfstyled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singhs supporters some of them brandishing swords and guns broke through barricades and barged into the police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of Amritsar extracting an assurance from the police that kidnapping case accused Lovepreet Singh would be releasedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever