Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday criticized Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, calling him a “shameless person” for not resigning after being imprisoned.
The official X handle of Amit Shah’s office posted a series of tweets targeting Arvind Kejriwal. The Union Home Minister said, “I have never seen a shameless person like Kejriwal. Laluji (Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav) went to jail after resigning due to corruption. Jayalalithaa (former Tamil Nadu CM Jayaram Jayalalithaa) went to jail after resigning, and other ministers also went to jail after resigning. He is one such leader who went to jail but did not leave the post of Chief Minister.”
Amit Shah’s remarks came during a public rally in South Delhi, where he campaigned for BJP’s candidate, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri.
Predicting a BJP victory in all seven seats in Delhi, Shah said, “Kejriwal ji, you are sitting on the chair after sticking Fevicol on it. BJP is going to win all seven seats on the 4th. This fevicol will come off.”
In a sarcastic attack on the Delhi government, Shah commented, “This Kejriwal government is a 3G government. The first G is for scams, the second G is for bribery, and the third G is for fraud.” He added, “Kejriwal, who called himself a staunchly honest man, is today walking on the path of staunch dishonesty.”
The X handle of Amit Shah’s office also quoted the Home Minister listing eight alleged scams involving the Delhi Chief Minister. These include the Rs 2,875 crore liquor scam, Rs 78 thousand crore water board scam, Rs 5 thousand crore classroom construction scam, Rs 1000 crore fake medicine scam, Rs 4 thousand crore lab X-ray scam, Rs 1,850 crore panic button scam in vehicles, Rs 1000 crore bus purchase scam, and a Rs 125 crore Sheeshmahal scam.
Shah stated, “Kejriwal ji, only the liquor scam has been investigated so far, the investigation of seven scams is still pending.”
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case linked to money laundering.
However, Kejriwal received interim bail from the Supreme Court on May 10. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta granted him interim bail till June 1 in the excise policy case.
