On Monday, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders asked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal to come clean on the charges of “sexual exploitation of Punjabi women by AAP leaders” and demanded an immediate dismissal of both Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak from all party posts in Punjab.
Stating that Kejriwal could not simply tweet away his worries, senior SAD leaders, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Maheshinder Singh Grewal said the Delhi Chief Minister must explain to Punjabis as to why he let such acts of “moral turpitude be conducted under his nose.”
Either you expel all leaders of your party, including the 15 legislators who are involved in heinous crimes, or it will be taken that you encouraged and were even hand-in-glove with the perpetrators of such sordid acts. Merely removing few leaders... is a mere eyewash aimed at befooling the people.SAD Leaders
They said that SAD has being maintaining that Kejriwal was presiding over individuals who “lusted for money” and were in the “habit of committing sexual offences” which has now again been “proven by the disclosures of AAP MLA Devinder Sehrawat”.
The SAD leaders said it was shameful that AAP had not taken any action on the complaint of Devinder Sehrawat who had written a letter “detailing the sexual offences of AAP leaders in the hope of corrective action”.
While we laud the courage shown by Sehrawat who has proven to be a true disciple of the Anna Hazare movement, we demand the immediate unmasking of AAP leaders accused of sexual offences and action against them as per the law of the land.SAD Leaders
Sehrawat had shot off a letter to Kejriwal over alleged “exploitation of women” by a few party men in return for tickets in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.
Meanwhile, head of the women wing of AAP Baljinder Kaur lashed out at Delhi MLA Sehrawat, on Monday, for “defaming women of Punjab by levelling false allegations against the AAP leaders on the directions of political opponents”.
Sehrawat has a history of criticising AAP leaders ever since he has joined the party on one pretext or another. Party has strong evidences that he (Sehrawat) is playing in the hands of Akalis and is often seen levelling allegations against AAP leaders through TV channelsBaljinder Kaur, Head of Women Wing of AAP
(With inputs from PTI)
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