- Thursday, December 26, 2024
AAP leaders said Congress leaders Sandeep Dixit and Farhad Suri are receiving support from the BJP, and wanted Congress party to take firm action
By: shajil kumar
THE AAP launched a scathing attack on the Congress on Thursday, accusing it of colluding with the BJP for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls to harm the prospects of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.
Delhi chief minister Atishi and Rajya Sabha MP of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sanjay Singh alleged at a press conference here that the actions of the Congress are damaging the unity of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).
“We had not said a single word against the Congress during the Haryana election. Yet the Congress seems to be reading out from the BJP’s script. Its candidates’ list looks as if it was finalised at the BJP office,” Singh said.
He accused Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Sandeep Dixit of targeting the AAP, instead of focusing on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“Ajay Maken has crossed all limits by calling Arvind Kejriwal anti-national. Despite campaigning for the Congress in past elections, Kejriwal now faces an FIR, while the Congress had never filed a single FIR against any BJP leader,” Singh said.
Atishi echoed similar sentiments, claiming that the Congress is actively undermining the AAP.
“It is evident that Congress candidates like Sandeep Dixit and Farhad Suri are receiving support from the BJP. This collusion raises questions about the Congress’s commitment to the INDIA alliance,” she said.
The AAP demanded disciplinary action against Maken and other Congress leaders within 24 hours and said if no step is taken, it will push for the grand old party’s expulsion from the INDIA bloc.
“We will ask the other parties in the alliance to remove the Congress,” Singh said.
The Delhi Assembly polls are due in February.
Sandeep Dikshit allegation
Sandeep Dikshit on Thursday complained to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena about the AAP’s ‘Mahila Samman’ scheme, claiming that the ruling party was committing fraud with the women of Delhi.
In the complaint filed by Dikshit, he alleged that the AAP workers were collecting phone numbers and addresses of women by making them fill out forms for a scheme that does not exist.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal announced that the ‘Mahila Samman Yojana‘ was already operational in the city which is not the case, Dikshit said.
“Any political party can promise anything. If they had said that they would give Rs 2,100 if they win the elections, then there was no issue. But they said that a scheme of Rs 1,000 is going on, and they will convert it to Rs 2,100. And they are making you (women) fill forms for the scheme,” Dikshit said.
A Delhi government department on Wednesday said there is no such scheme. The data being collected for this scheme is a case of fraud, he said, adding that they are collecting the phone numbers and addresses from the women.
The BJP also attacked Kejriwal and Atishi on Wednesday and accused the duo of committing a “political fraud” with the women and elderly in the city by promising them benefits of schemes that don’t exist.
The party had also challenged the ruling AAP and Atishi to show notifications of the scheme. (PTI)
