‘Polls will decide if people want BJP’S videos or Kejriwal’s work’

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections have become a contest between the 10 guarantees of his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “10 videos”, an apparent reference to videos shared by BJP leaders of minister Satyendar Jain allegedly receiving special privileges in Tihar jail.

“MCD elections are becoming quite clear, it’s BJP’S 10 videos versus Kejriwal’s 10 guarantees. Let’s wait till December 4, the people of Delhi will give a reply to all those videos,” said Kejriwal in a press conference on Saturday.

The Delhi chief minister’s remarks came hours after city BJP chief Adesh Gupta shared a video, dated September 12, purportedly showing then Tihar jail superintendent Ajit Kumar interacting with Jain, who is imprisoned in an alleged money laundering case, inside his prison cell.

Criticising the BJP a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy case, in which it did not name deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Kejriwal said this translates into a “clean chit” to Sisodia as the agency has not been able to find “an iota of proof” against him.

“CBI has filed a charge sheet in the so-called excise scam and it does not even mention Manish Sisodia. Over 800 officers of CBI and ED were working on this case over the last four months with the single task of arresting Sisodia...” Kejriwal said.

“We can say with pride that Kejriwal and his party is ‘kattar imandar’ (fiercely honest),” he added.

To be sure, several charge sheets can be filed over the course of the investigation of any case. It is mandatory to file a charge sheet within 60 days of a person being arrested.

However, the BJP said Kejriwal was suffering from “political cataract” and giving himself a certificate of honesty, despite the scams in his government.

BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said, “The entire country now knows that Kejriwal is fiercely dishonest. Kejriwal has got political cataract. That’s why he is unable see to the trend of the people of Delhi towards BJP.”

Let’s wait till December 4. The people of Delhi will give a reply to all these videos. ARVIND KEJRIWAL, Delhi CM