The Delhi Congress hit out at the AAP over ‘doublespeak’ on corruption after a court on Friday sought Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s response in a matter related to alleged corruption surrounding Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken dared Kejriwal to publicly reply whether there were criminal cases against 21 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, and two former AAP ministers, Jitender Tomar and Somnath Bharti, even went to jail.
“Aren’t there criminal cases with regard to the degrees of six MLAs or probes are being conducted?” asked Maken, who also raised 14 other issues to question Kejriwal government’s performance.
His press conference coincided with a Delhi High Court hearing on a petition alleging Hussain’s link to illegal construction in the Walled City. The petitioner has sought the transfer of the probe from police to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Maken slammed the AAP government for passing a Bill in Assembly to give a 400 per cent salary hike to MLAs at a time when sanitation workers, teachers and nurses had not got their wages for the many months.
The Congress also questioned Kejriwal for his failure, during his first year of his tenure, to spend more on the education budget.
“A total of Rs 1,000.73 crore out of the education budget was allowed to lapse as the government failed to spend this money,” Maken said.
Maken also hit out at the AAP government for doing little to stop demolition of slums in Shakurbasti, Rangpuri Pahari, Hari Nagar and Tulsi Nagar at Inderlok.
Published 23 April 2016, 02:40 IST