Mishra breaks fast; to file complaints with CBDT, CBI
NEW DELHI: Sacked Delhi Water Minister and former AAP legislator Kapil Mishra on Monday broke his fast and was discharged from the hospital where he was admitted after he had fainted at a press conference here on Sunday.
Soon after being discharged, Mishra said he would go to the offices of the CBI and the Central Board of Direct Taxes to lodge complaints against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whom he had accused of corruption.
The former Delhi minister termed his fast as “satyagraha” against Kejriwal.
Taking a dig at Mishra, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, “There cannot be a ‘satyagraha' on the basis of lies.”
The former Water Minister had on Sunday accused Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of “massive” financial irregularities while taking donations.
Mishra said doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital refused to discharge him until he broke his fast.
Mishra had been on a fast for the past six days in protest against the AAP'S refusal to disclose details of five party leaders' travels abroad.
“Doctors won't discharge until i start taking liquids. I hv to go to CBI and CBDT. starting on liquids now (sic),” he tweeted.
“Tmrw case of Hawala, Black Money, Money Laundering & Operating thru shell companies will be filed in CBI & CBDT against Arvind Kejriwal Ji(sic),” another tweet said.
On Sunday, Mishra had accused the party of lying to the Election Commission about donations and laundering money through shell companies, before he fainted midway through the presser and was hospitalised.
Mishra alleged that the party had over Rs 45 crore in its bank account, during the financial year of 20132014, whereas the party in its declaration to the EC had showed an income of around Rs 9 crore.
He alleged that AAP hid around Rs 36 crore from the party workers and the government, and that the money was accumulated through shell companies.
The AAP, meanwhile, had dismissed Mishra's allegations as a “conspiracy” hatched by the Bharatiya Janata Party and said the latter was shooting from the sacked minister's mouth.