“It looks like you have drowned in the intoxication of power”; says Anna Hazare

Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday has written a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and slammed him for getting intoxicated with power.

Amid the row over Delhi excise policy, Hazare said that after becoming Delhi CM Kejriwal has lost his ideology.

“This is the first time I am writing to you after you became Chief Minister. The recent news about the Delhi government on the liquor scam is disheartening. I have been inspired by Gandhiji and his ideology. Based on this, I have dedicated my life to the people, society, and the country. For the last 47 years, I have been working towards the upliftment of society and corruption,” Anna Hazare wrote.

Hazare further said, “You had written the book titled ‘Swaraj’ where you wrote about ideals. There was a lot of hope from you then, but after going into politics and becoming the Chief Minister, you have forgotten the ideology. Just like alcohol intoxication, there is an intoxication of power also. It looks like you have drowned in the intoxication of power. (Aap Satta Ke Nashe Mein Doob Gaye Hain).”

Hitting out against Delhi’s new excise policy Hazare said, “Liquor shops were being opened in every corner of the city and it is very bad for the general public.”

“Had expected a similar policy (like Maharashtra’s). But you didn’t do it. People seem to be trapped in a circle of money for power and power for money. It doesn’t suit a party that emerged from a major movement,” Hazare wrote.

Earlier in 2021, the excise policy were passed in the Delhi Cabinet led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Moreover, in August CBI raided Manish Sisodia’s official residence in connection with the alleged corruption of Delhi’s Excise Policy.

However, a case had been filed regarding the alleged corruption in the 2021-2022 excise policy. A political slugfest also led between BJP leaders and CM Kejriwal.