Kejriwal vs Kapil: Sacked Minister Mishra claims he's getting death threats, begins 'satyagraha'

WRITTEN BY DNA Web Team | Updated: May 10, 2017, 10:00 AM IST
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A day after filing FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, sacked Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday sat on a 'satyagraha', demanding clarification on the senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders travel expenses.

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Mishra on Tuesday filed three complaints with the CBI against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, minister Satyendar Jain and AAP leaders who allegedly misused party funds on foreign trips.

Speaking to media, the Karawal Nagar MLA, who has also been suspended from primary membership of AAP said, "I am sitting on a 'satyagraha' till I get a clarification on details of international travel expenses of senior AAP leaders."

He also alleged that he was getting death threats. "I got a threat from an international number. But I am not afraid of anything," he said.

Mishra has filed complaints with the CBI over the exchange of Rs 2 crore between Jain and Kejriwal, a Rs 50- crore land deal arranged for the chief minister's brother-in- law and said that five AAP leaders allegedly misusing party funds on foreign trips.

On Tuesday, he also wrote an open letter to his former "guru" Kejriwal to seek his blessings before filing the complaint against him.

EVMs tampering demonstration

Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has claimed an Electronic Voting Machine can be tampered with "within 90 seconds flat" and dared the Election Commission to provide a EVM to the AAP to prove it.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the AAP will participate in the 'EVM Hackathon' to be organised by the poll panel later this month and will prove how an EVM can be tampered with.

Sisodia also challenged the EC to allow at least three AAP workers in place of those who service EVMs at store rooms and said they will "completely hack" all machines.

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