“Should Congress make a separate law for AAP?” Anurag Thakur told NDTV

Anurag Thakur is the Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister.

New Delhi:

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday lashed out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been accused of corruption over the liquor policy scam. and was imprisoned in prison. .

Thakur also pointed out that three of Kejriwal’s colleagues, including former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, were also jailed on corruption and money laundering charges.

“Ten years ago, he (Arvind Kejriwal) said, ‘I swore to my children that I will not join politics’. Then he joined politics. He said. ‘I will never ally with the Congress’. He Already in alliance with the Congress party. He said, ‘I will never take security measures (cover, as an elected representative)’. Now his party has taken security measures for two states. He said, ‘I will fight corruption ‘…Now he’s in jail for corruption,’ he said sarcastically.

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“When Arvind Kejriwal’s party commits corruption…should there be a separate law for him, for AAP? His (former) deputy chief minister has been in jail for nearly 18 months (referring to Manish Sisodia, who was arrested in February last year ) years)…but Kejriwal gave a ‘clean record’?”

“Should we listen to him or the investigating agency,” Thakur asked.

The Union Minister also dusted off the BJP’s “kata north maan”, or “stubbornly corrupt”, attacked Mr Kejriwal and the AAP. In October last year, the saffron party also took a jibe at its rivals.

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Speaking at NDTV’s ‘Youth for Change’ conclave, Mr Thakur also lashed out at the Congress after it hit out at the government over the Income Tax Department’s demand of Rs 100 crore.

The party, which joined AAP in attacking the BJP over Kejriwal’s arrest, called the demand an “attack on democracy” and said it prevented them from funding their campaigns.

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“Does this law also not apply to the Congress party? In India, political parties do not pay income tax…but they have to file tax returns. Is the Congress party so incompetent that it cannot even do this?” he asked .

“Then you have a man (back to Mr Kejriwal) who says he will fight corruption… and then his party gets involved in corruption. Who should we believe? The law or them?” he claimed.

Mr Thakur also dismissed allegations by the Congress, AP and other opposition parties that the BJP used agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (which arrested Kejriwal) and the Central Bureau of Investigation, as well as tax officials, to harass rivals, especially It was before the election.

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“The authorities will take action against anyone who is corrupt. I want to assure everyone, whether they are from the BJP or our allies, it is the same… Those who are corrupt will be punished,” he said in reply to MPs When asked why. No members of the saffron party appear to have been accused of corruption.

“But if we don’t have corruption…if we don’t have corrupt leaders…then what do we do?”

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