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'Truth will triumph': Arvind Kejriwal breaks silence on corruption allegations

Earlier, Kapil Mishra was suspended by AAP's PAC.

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Under intense attack, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tonight indicated that he would answer tomorrow the graft allegations levelled against him by Kapil Mishra who was suspended from the Aam Aadmi Party.
"Truth will triumph. Its beginning will be made during the special session of the Delhi Assembly tomorrow," Kejriwal tweeted amid turmoil in his party.

His tweet came as Mishra, who was sacked by Kejriwal from his Cabinet last Saturday, intensified his attack on the AAP supremo, alleging that a Rs 50 crore deal had been arranged for the Chief Minister's brother-in-law.
Mishra, who had yesterday accused Kejriwal of taking Rs 2 crore cash from his cabinet colleague Satyendra Jain, also submitted documents to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) against the Chief Minister in connection with the alleged water tanker scam.

He said he has sought an appointment with the CBI tomorrow to register a complaint.
Capping the day of dramatic developments, the AAP's high-powered Political Affairs Committee (PAC) chaired by Kejriwal tonight suspended Mishra from the party's primary membership.

The one-day special session is expected to be a stormy affair as the opposition BJP plans to come down hard on the AAP government over Mishra's graft charges. The ruling AAP will also seek to corner the BJP and its government at the Centre over alleged EVM manipulation. AAP sources hinted that the revelations which are being planned by the party tomorrow will be targeted at the BJP.

The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the AAP today suspended Mishra from the party's primary membership after he made graft charges against Kejriwal.  Mishra dared the AAP to oust him from the party even as he fired a fresh salvo at Kejriwal, saying a Rs 50 crore deal was arranged for the AAP chief's brother-in-law. Asserting that a bogus bill amounting to Rs 10 crore was made to favour Kejriwal's brother-in-law, Mishra also alleged that during the Punjab polls, there was massive corruption by AAP in ticket distribution, and supplying of liquor by party members

 

Earlier, senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain hit back at Kapil Mishra, saying "no deal took place" between him and party chief Arvind Kejriwal and the sacked minister was "lying" after "losing his mental balance".

Jain also is likely to file a defamation case against Mishra, a senior official close to the minister said. "From yesterday, I am seeing, how much will Kapilji lie’ There is limit to it. He is levelling all kinds of allegations... On Friday (May 5) I wasn't even present with the CM , so how can there be a talk of the deal. There is limit to foolishness," the health minister said. Jain said Mishra had "lost his mental balance" and was thus "speaking nonsense".

Meanwhile, social activist Anna Hazare on Monday said he believes in transparency in the government, adding that whoever found guilty in corruption charges should be hanged till death.

‘I have always said one who is found guilty in corruption charges should be hanged till death,’ said Hazare.

He said that he is very upset with the charge made by sacked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kapil Mishra on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, adding that the matter should be investigated thoroughly.

‘After listening such things, I am feeling very sad. There was a day when we were fighting against terrorism without being concerned about our life and now such allegations are being made against Kejriwal. I cannot say whether the allegations are correct or not, but the matter should be investigated, then only the entire truth would be revealed,’ he added.

Meanwhile, the AAP Political Affairs Committee (PAC) suspended Mishra from the primary membership of the party.

Mishra, whose stunning allegations against Kejriwal threw the AAP into turmoil earlier in the day said he will approach the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and lodge an FIR tomorrow.

He further alleged that Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain helped a relative of Kejriwal settle a Rs. 50 crore land deal for a farmhouse in Delhi's Chhattarpur area.

"Satyendra Jain told me in a private conversation that he would settled a Rs. 50 crore land deal for a 7-acre farmhouse in Chhattarpur in favour of Kejriwal's brother-in-law's Bansal family. Being a PWD minister, he also fudged bills up to Rs. 10 crore in the department to benefit Kejriwal's relative," he alleged.

The AAP lawmaker stood by his decision not to quit the party and dismissed the charges that he was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agent bent on disrupting the party.

Mishra, who was sacked as minister on Saturday, reiterated his demand for a lie detector test on his allegations that he was an eyewitness to the Rs. two crore exchanging hands between Kejriwal and Jain. He said that a lie detector test be conducted on all three.

Earlier in the day, Mishra handed over documents to back his allegations that Kejriwal had delayed the probe into the Rs. 400 crore tanker scam.

Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) chief M. K. Meena said that the bureau would record Mishra's statement and after that the law will take its own course.


Meena also said that the sacked minister had yet to file a complaint on the alleged dubious transaction of Rs. two crore between Kejriwal and Jain. 


With inputs from PTI and ANI

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