Sting exposes ‘real Kejriwal’, says BJP

NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calling him a ‘man without any principles’. It said revelations from audio tapes that surfaced on Wednesday had exposed the real face of Kejriwal and that he was a man hungry for power. In the tapes Kejriwal is purportedly heard talking about splitting Congress to form the government ahead of Delhi elections.
BJP said Kejriwal tried to project himself as “different” whereas he was not, and proved to be like any other politician hungry for power. It said with this expose, the claims of senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav that Kejriwal only wanted power have also been proved to be right.
“Kejriwal used to ask his people to do sting and record any wrong-doing. His own people have recorded and presented his own picture before the world. Kejriwal's real face today stands exposed before the world as one having no principle and who is only seeking to grab power,” BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said.
“Where are his principles now. He said he was different. But it seems he is also hungry for power. Where is his internal Lokpal, which he talked about so much?” Sharma asked while seeking answers from the AAP leader.
Besieged by infighting, AAP was on Wednesday hit by twin blows with former party MLA from Rohini Rajesh Garg accusing Kejriwal of trying to poach six Congress MLAs to form government last year following which its prominent Mumbai face Anjali Damania quit the party.
Garg also alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was in touch with the Congress MLAs to try to lure them to float another political party and extend support to AAP from outside as Kejriwal was not ready to face the polls.