Bharatiya Janata Party national president J.P. Nadda lashed out at Arvind Kejriwal on the alleged excise policy scam and said not to “deviate” from the issue.
Addressing the press conference Nadda said, “Kejriwal has yet to answer our questions on the excise policy. If you are honest, say this in court. At times he says that we want to arrest him, then he says that we are troubling him. There was such a big scam and Delhi suffered a loss. We put out the numbers. ‘Tu idhar udhar ki baat na kar tu ye bata karwan luta kaha’ (Do not deviate and come to the point).”
“The country is governed by the law, there is a provision of law. You can use it. It is not that the BJP is troubling him. He should answer the agencies who have sought answers from him,” Nadda added.
Earlier today, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said the money which is being collected by BJP-led Centre from taxes is used in “Operation Lotus”.
“They are collecting taxes from you but not spending the amount on education, healthcare, electricity, or roads, they are putting it in the pockets of their billionaire friends. The prices of petrol and diesel are falling in the entire world, but it is increasing in India. This money is used in Operation Lotus,” he alleged adding that the BJP has “bought 277 MLAs so far from the other parties at an expense of Rs 6,300 crore,” Kejriwal said
“They form governments by buying the MLAs. 12 of our MLAs have told us that they were offered Rs 20 crore to join the BJP. Their target was to break 40 MLAs but our MLAs are honest. Their Operation Lotus failed. They succeeded in toppling the governments in various states. They will do the same in Jharkhand also in a few days. They have bought 277 MLAs so far from the other parties at an expense of Rs 6,300 crores,” Kejriwal alleged.
Moreover, Kejriwal further stated that if the Jharkhand falls there will be an increase in petrol and diesel prices.
“If the Jharkhand government falls, they will surely increase the prices of petrol and diesel. This is the most corrupt government since Independence. They claim that they are fighting against corruption, but buying MLAs openly,” he said.
However, CM Kejriwal also slammed BJP over its protest in the national capital against the rolled-back excise policy.