Essel Group Chairman and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subhash Chandra hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and asked the people of Punjab not to vote for them. Speaking at a function in Jalandhar, Dr Chandra said that while he had backed Arvind Kejriwal in his early days, he had been left disappointed. He said: “Of (Anna) Hazare, Soli Sorabjee, myself and Aamir Khan, all of us who were among the 12 who backed Kejriwal, no one is with him now.” 

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He added: “We had high hopes of him; he can promise anything, don't vote for him...rest, you can vote for anyone.” Later, while talking to students at Kanya Maha Vidyalaya in the city, Dr Chandra revealed his old association with Kejriwal.

He also said: “Mr Arvind Kejriwal is my prodigy. I helped him since 2004-5 to 2014. I helped him in everything. The only trust he has registered in his life, other than Aam Aadmi Party; has two patron trustees one is me and other is Smt Indu Jain, Chairperson of The Times of India. We are the only two, that's on record. I have helped him (Kejriwal) financially, I have helped in every possible way. Sisodia used to be my reporter in Zee News. He took his full and final settlement only in 2013. They cannot be trusted. Period. Not in the case of women, not in the case of poor people, no nothing.”

He also said Kejriwal and Sisodia were the biggest liars he had come across in 66 years of his life.

Disclaimer: Dr. Subhash Chandra, is Chairman, ZEE & Essel Group​, which includes DMCL that owns DNA newspaper.