Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal claiming that the former chief minister “lies just like Narendra Modi” but is probably more “cunning” and “sophisticated version” of the Prime Minister.
“He (Kejriwal) speaks lies one after another just like Modi, there is no difference. There is only one thing, probably Kejriwal is even more ‘chalaak (cunning)’ than even Modi. So, you must not forget who stands with you, who protects the Constitution and who speaks the truth,” Rahul said.
The Congress leader targeted the AAP supremo over the pathetic condition of the Yamuna and even released a video in which he could be seen taking a boat ride, talking to boat men, locals and researchers.
“Five years ago, Kejriwal said he would take a dip in the Yamuna. Its 2025 now, when are you going to take a dip?” Rahul questioned in the video.
Later, he campaigned for his party’s Delhi unit head Devender Yadav in the Badli Assembly constituency where he again targeted AAP over a range of issues, including the condition of the Yamuna.
“Kejriwal thinks the people of the country do not understand, but the truth is that he and Manish Sisodia indulged in corruption. They made false promises. Five years ago, Kejriwal said I will bathe in the Yamuna and drink its water. I challenge him, leave alone Yamuna water, drink the water that people are getting here (in Badli),” he claimed.
He lashed out at Kejriwal over his five-year-old promise of making Yamuna water potable and his press conference, saying it reflected his ‘hollowness’.
The Congress leader even accused the AAP leadership of not standing with the people who were affected during 2020 riots.
“When people got killed in riots, Kejriwal and his party people did not stand with those affected,” he said.
The former Congress chief claimed that his party had delivered what he has promised, including in Karnataka and Telangana, where the Congress is in power.
He urged people to remember the work done by the Sheila Dikshit government and the work of Indira Gandhi. “We work for the poor, Dalits, tribals, backwards, minorities, farmers and labourers,” he asserted.
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