No Dalit in AAP’s top leadership, Kejriwal’s words are hollow: Rahul  

Holding a picture of Aam Aadmi Party’s ‘Team Kejriwal’ poster in his hand, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a scathing attack at the Delhi’s ruling party, claiming that there is not a single Dalit in the party’s top leadership.

“See here, this is a picture of Team Kejriwal’s top leadership; following names are written here: Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Atishi Singh, Sanjay Singh, Satyendra Jain, Raghav Chaddha, Sandeep Pathak, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Avadh Ojha; show me one name from Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, minority community in the team leadership,” Gandhi said.

The leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha who was addressing a public rally in Madipur in support of Congress candidates, criticised AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for “having failed to keep his promise to protect Dalits”.

“Kejriwal, your words are hollow. You had said that you would protect the Dalits and the minorities. But when the riots happened, Kejriwalji was not with you. Whereas the Congress stood with you with full strength because the Congress party is not opportunistic,” he said.

He also reminded the audience of Kejriwal's initial promise to bring about “clean politics”. Gandhi said, “The truth is, when Kejriwal entered politics, he claimed he wanted to introduce a new kind of politics. He even climbed a pillar and used to arrive in a small car, a WagonR.”

Gandhi said, “He came in a WagonR and went straight into the parking of the ‘Sheeshmahal’.”

Addressing the issue of the Yamuna, he challenged Kejriwal, saying, “Forget about the Yamuna; you should drink water from these jhuggi clusters and the regular water of Delhi.”

He continued, “You blame others for polluting the water, but it was your responsibility to clean the Yamuna, a promise you made five years ago.”