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In first Karnataka poll rally, Kejriwal slams PM Modi, Centre over Manish Sisodia’s arrest


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Bengaluru, Mar 04, 2023: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over Manish Sisodia’s arrest in the Delhi excise policy case.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor, who is on a visit to poll-bound Karnataka, raised questions as to why Channagiri BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa was not arrested even after the anti-corruption authorities recovered crores of rupees from his residence.

 

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Addressing his maiden election public meeting in Karnataka, the AAP supremo alleged, "Karnataka has a 40 per cent commission government."

In this context, Kejriwal mentioned the recovery of Rs 8.23 crore unaccounted cash from Virupakshappa’s son Prashanth Kumar.

 


"Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah came to Karnataka and appealed to the people for an absolute majority in the upcoming assembly election so that a corruption-free government can be established in the state. Then, someone reminded him that there is already a BJP government in the state. I want to ask him why you could not eradicate corruption in the last four years," the Delhi chief minister said.

 


He said the very next day after Amit Shah flew back to Delhi, a BJP MLA’s son was caught with crores of unaccounted cash.

"That MLA and his son, who hail from Davangere, have not been arrested yet. Instead, Manish Sisodia was arrested," Kejriwal said, referring to the Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia’s arrest by the CBI in the excise policy scam case.

BJP’s Virupakshappa has been booked while his son Prashanth, a government officer, was arrested by Lokayukta following raids in several places in the state.

The AAP chief added that the state contractors’ association president Kempanna wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the ministers in Karnataka are demanding 40 per cent commission.

The Delhi Chief Minister charged that 40 per cent commission is charged from contractors, private unaided schools and Maths (hermitage).

Taking a dig at the BJP, which prides itself as a ’double-engine government’ (the BJP ruling both at the Centre and the state), Kejriwal quipped: "Corruption doubles in double-engine government. We need a new government engine."

He appealed to the people of the state to give the AAP a chance to transform Karnataka.

"We are staunch honest. We will give a corruption-free government. We will give free electricity, build good government schools and provide quality education," Kejriwal said.

Assembly elections are due in Karnataka by May.


Courtesy: India Today