‘Kejriwal, time to go’ – JP Nadda slams AAP over corruption charges for ‘destroying’ Delhi

New Delhi: For the Delhi municipal elections, the date of which is yet to be announced, BJP national president JP Nadda slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi for “destroying” the capital and alleged that it destroyed the capital. left behind. Congress when it comes to corruption.

Nadda was addressing the ‘Panch Parmeshwar Sammelan’ of around 13,000 booth level party workers at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday.

Attacking both the Congress and the AAP, Nadda said that over the years, “the Indian National Congress has been neither Indian nor national, or Congress but a ‘siblings Party’ (brother and sister party). But BJP stuck to its ideology. PM (Narendra) Modi has fulfilled his promise Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Vikas (Support for all, Vikas for all and Vishwas for all)”.

Stating that the BJP will not allow the corrupt government of AAP to continue, Nadda said: “Kejriwal, you have done the condition of Delhi, Baker, and now you have to go and the Bharatiya Janata Party will have to come here. (Kejriwal, you have destroyed Delhi and it’s time for you to leave and BJP to come)

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is under BJP rule for the last three consecutive terms and AAP is aggressively trying to grab power.

The MCD elections were earlier scheduled to be held in May this year, but were delayed after the Centre’s decision. unify One to reduce the number of wards in three municipal bodies of Delhi.

Now, with the elections approaching, not only the BJP, but also the AAP and the Congress have intensified their election activities in Delhi.


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‘AAP government formed for the liquor mafia’

Following certain provisions in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (DMC) Act, 1957, to allow the Lieutenant Governor to have final say in civic body matters, Kejriwal had said tweeted On 13 October: “BJP has already conceded defeat before MCD elections”. In the same tweet, he asked the people of Delhi not to “waste” their vote on the “losing party” BJP.

Targeted Kejriwal in rally Delhi Excise Policy CaseNadda said that the AAP government is corrupt. “They sing about the Delhi model all over the world, but they don’t answer to the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India).”

Before Nadda took the stage, BJP Delhi president Adesh Gupta had said, “This rally is a clarion call for victory. This is the beginning of the end for a lying, corrupt and propaganda government. This government is made for the ‘sharab mafia’ (liquor mafia). They don’t care about better infrastructure. People now know their truth.”

He said, “Scheme to scam is another name for Delhi government. Arvind Kejriwal government and corruption have become synonymous with each other. Vijay Sankalp Yatra for BJP will start here just like 2017”.

Meanwhile, Kejriwal tweeted On 13 October the same excise policy which was not allowed to be implemented in Delhi is “working miracles in Punjab”.

‘Not just political, but social face’

Praising the BJP’s numbers in Parliament and its recent election victories in Bihar, Assam and other states, Nadda said: “We are the single largest party. We are the only party which runs on mass base. From Ladakh to Karnataka, from Gujarat to Tripura, BJP has won them all.

He said that BJP is not just a political face. “During Covid, we distributed 50 crore food packets, 30 crore ration kits and 80 crore masks. We sent 250 million vaccine doses to the world. India is no longer a country that takes but a country that gives under the leadership of PM Modi. This is our social face. Nadda said that looking at the work done by our party members and workers, I am sure victory is certain.

(Edited by Jinnia Ray Chowdhury)


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