Congress workers were up in arms today against the AAP government and demanded Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation, a day after party leader Jitender Singh Tomar quit as Law Minister following his arrest in a case of possessing alleged fake degrees.
Scores of protesters, led by the party’s Delhi Chief Ajay Maken and senior party leader PC Chacko, marched towards the Delhi Secretariat demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Addressing the protesters, Maken attacked Kejriwal accusing him of being “immersed” in power addiction.
“The Law Minister possessing a fake degree appointed public prosecutors and standing counsel of the government. We believe that this entire process is illegal and Kejriwal alone is responsible for it,” Maken observed.
Besides, his own partymen were repeatedly saying that his (Tomar’s) degree was fake, but Kejriwal did not listen to them. If anybody is responsible for this, it is Kejriwal.
— Ajay Maken, President, Delhi Congress
Accusing the AAP of making a volte-face on the issue of Lokpal, he said, “AAP came to power promising Lokpal which is no where to be seen. There are many like Tomar in AAP. Kejriwal is not doing so to save his corrupt MLAs.”
Charging that 8 AAP MLAs were under scanner, Maken also said that all the 67 MLAs of the party need to be investigated.
Speaking to reporters, DPCC chief spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee wondered why Kejriwal went on “protecting” Tomar, knowing the facts behind the case. “He should have resigned long time back,” she said
( with inputs from the PTI)
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