Kejriwal launches scathing attack on BJP, accuses it of toppling Oppn govts

Delhi chief minister and national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the ruling BJP government accusing it of trying to induce his MLAs with bigmoney offers and toppling elected governments in Oppositionruled statesThe statement comes a day after Kejriwal went all out against the Centre in light of the Supreme Court order overturning the verdict of the Chandigarh mayoral polls and calling it in favour of the AAP newswire ANI reportedSpeaking on the floor of the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday Kejriwal said Sometimes Adharma immorality pervades the system to such an extent that we often wonder if truth and honesty have any place in society Many good people lose their faith in the system and political class due to Adharma ka bolbala free run of immorality At such times God restores our faith in the system and the virtues of honesty and probity by removing rotten elements Charon taraf adharma ka bolbala hai Everywhere one looks these days immorality seems to be ruling the roost Many have started to think that there is no sense in treading on the path of honesty and probity when those who indulged in wrong acts are conspiring against themLending his support to former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia who is currently behind bars in connection with the liquor policy case the AAP national convenor said The man who is responsible for Delhis education system and putting it at par with the worlds best Sisodia is in jail and the one accused of misconduct with our daughters and sisters former national wrestling federation chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is still out there wielding his political clout and influenceAlso read Order inquiry into GST evasion in Delhi LG writes to CMRepeating his charge against the ruling party at the Centre that it was trying to topple elected governments in Oppositionruled states the Delhi CM said Our MLAs were offered Rs 25 crore each by the BJP to switch sides Everywhere you see Opposition MLAs are being lured away and governments are being toppled Be it Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Goa Maharashtra the Northeast or Uttarakhandeverywhere one looks elected MLAs are being lured away with black moneyNotably the Crime Branch of Delhi Police had issued notices to AAP chief Kejriwal and fellow party leader and minister Atishi at their homes in their absence in connection with their poaching charge at the BJPResponding to the Crime Branch notice Kejriwal claimed it did not mention any FIR adding that his party wouldnt cower under such theatrics and intimidatory tacticsVeering to the Chandigarh mayoral polls the AAP national chief said In Chandigarh the BJPs representative presiding officer manipulated the election results to the extent that a candidate who was leading initially by a significant margin lost and the one who trailed came out eventually as the victor Something similar played out in neighbouring Pakistan as wellOn Tuesday the Supreme Court declared Aam Aadmi Party AAP councillor Kuldeep Kumar jointly supported by the Congress as the winner of the Chandigarh mayoral pollsThe apex court ruled that the presiding officer had deliberately defaced eight ballots cast in favour of Kuldeep Kumar rendering them invalid The eight votes which were treated as invalid by making those markings counting the eight votes for the petitioner AAP candidate Kumar will make him have 20 votes We direct that the election result by the Returning Officer is quashed The petitioner is declared to be the winner of the Chandigarh mayoral polls the bench stated in its order With inputs from ANI