Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 | Kejriwal biggest liar, AAP broke all records of corruption during 10-year rule: Nadda

New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday called AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal the "biggest liar" as he targeted the party's government in Delhi over its alleged corruption and failure to fulfil its promises during its 10-year tenure.

If a competition of lying is organised at the national level, Kejriwal would come first, Nadda said at a public meeting in Uttam Nagar here, hitting the campaign trail for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.

The Union minister listed the excise policy case, in which several AAP leaders including Kejriwal were arrested, among "scams" of the Delhi government.

The AAP government broke all records of corruption during its 10-year rule in Delhi, Nadda told the gathering.

"Waqf Board scam... they did not even spare Muslims. They committed a scam worth Rs 100 crore (in Waqf Board)," he claimed.

Nadda termed Kejriwal the "biggest liar".

"He lies with so much innocence on his face and misleads everyone that if a competition of lying is organised at the national level, he will come first. But the people of Delhi will give a befitting reply to the AAP in the assembly polls," the BJP leader said.

He said the AAP government failed to fulfil its promise of providing clean water to the people of Delhi and was involved in corruption.

"The 'aapda' (disaster) talked about education for 10 years but was instead involved in a liquor scam of a whopping Rs 2,800 crore. In (the Delhi) Jal Board, they committed a scam... and left the people of Delhi in the hands of tanker mafia," Nadda claimed, referring to the AAP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi first referred to the AAP as "aapda" at his maiden rally in the capital ahead of the polls.

"In their mohalla clinics, a fake test scam... was committed... (and) a medicine scam of Rs 300 crore was committed," Nadda claimed.

He further alleged that there was a scam of Rs 4,500 crore under the AAP government in the purchase of buses and another of Rs 571 crore in the installation of CCTVs in Delhi.

"They promised to clean the Yamuna river but were involved in a scam of Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000 crore. They cheated sanitation workers and Kejriwal obstructed the implementation of central government schemes.

"They talk about schools and classrooms but you will be surprised to know that they were involved in a scam of Rs 1,300 crore in the construction of classrooms," the BJP chief alleged.

Nadda also held the AAP responsible for broken roads, non-maintenance of drains and piles of garbage in different parts of the city.

He said whatever Delhi has got in the last 10 years is from the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and "not anyone else".

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government gave 300 new electric buses to Delhi and by December 2025, 2,026 new electric buses will be given," Nadda said, listing various other steps taken by the Centre for the development of the city and its people.

"Kejriwal is building his 'sheesh mahal' while the Centre is giving pucca houses to people. As many as 3,000 houses have been constructed in Delhi," he said.

If the BJP is voted to power in Delhi, Nadda said, it will fulfil all its poll promises, including giving a monthly honorarium of Rs 2,500 to women under the 'Mahila Samriddhi Yojana', free education to students from kindergarten to postgraduate level and cooking gas cylinders for Rs 500.

He assured people that all the existing public welfare schemes of the Delhi government will continue under the BJP and dubbed the AAP's claims stating otherwise as "lies".

The upcoming elections in Delhi are for the future of the city and voters should keep that in mind, Nadda said, exhorting people to vote for the BJP.

Addressing another public meeting in Shakur Basti, the BJP chief attacked the AAP saying that those who came to power in the name of fighting corruption became "so corrupt" that their chief minister, deputy chief minister, one minister and three MLAs were jailed.

"They stabbed people in the back... February 5 is an opportunity for you to take revenge," he said.

The 70-member Delhi Assembly goes to polls on February 5 and the counting of votes will be taken up on February 8.

The AAP is eyeing a third consecutive term after winning 67 and 62 seats in the 2015 and 2020 Delhi Assembly polls respectively. The BJP won three seats in 2015 and eight in 2020 while the Congress drew a blank in the two elections.