As Delhi Metro IV gets nod, Manoj Tiwari to give Rs 1 lakh to 2 AAP workers' kin

Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Manoj Tiwari, who had offered to donate Rs 1.1 lakh to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) provided its government passed Delhi Metro Phase IV project, reiterated that he would fulfil his commitment now that the project has been approved.

The BJP leader maintained that he will donate the money to family members of two women workers of AAP, Santosh Koli and Soni Mishra. The BJP had taken on AAP leaders on the issue after the victim's families levelled allegations against AAP leaders. Santosh Koli was an active AAP member who died in an accident in 2013. Her mother, in September this year, had alleged that her daughter was murdered but the party did nothing to pursue the case. On the other hand, Soni Mishra who was an AAP worker from Narela area had committed suicide in 2016.

A magisterial enquiry was ordered by the AAP government and the matter was transferred for the probe to Crime Branch of Delhi Police. In a tweet, Manoj Tiwari said he intended to fulfill his promise and challenged AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to call an all-party meeting on his "failure" to control pollution in Delhi, saying he will donate the same amount again.

With the Delhi government approving Metro phase IV, the AAP had tweeted from its official handle "Hope Manoj Tiwari will not term it as a Jumla and fulfil his promise of donation (to the party)."

Reacting to this, Manoj Tiwari wrote on the microblogging site, "Arvind Kejriwalji you are caught. Your party has admitted that Metro Phase IV was being stalled by you. I am true to my promise and giving the donation to the families of late Santosh Koli and Soni Mishra."