NEW DELHI, May 21:
Sacked Aam Aadmi Party leader Kapil Mishra today said that he made a mistake by not paying heed to the concerns expressed by former party leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav about growing dictatorship in the party.
Firing a fresh salvo at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his close associates, Mr Mishra told mediapersons here that they have hijacked the party.
Apologising to Mr Bhushan and Mr Yadav, Mr Mishra said, “I apologise to them that I did not pay heed to their concerns said and this was the biggest mistake. At the behest of Arvind Kejeiwal, I have said wrong things about them”.
He also disclosed the Russia trip of two party leaders — Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh — and urged party workers to raise their voices against rising corruption in AAP. The sacked AAP leader alleged that a person named Sheetal Singh had facilitated Ashutosh and Sanjay Singh’s Russia visit.
Alleging that Mr Kejriwal was protecting Sheetal Singh, Mr Mishra asked the Delhi CM whether he knew that Sheetal Singh handled a business of high security registration plates.
Mr Mishra said that there was a Rs 400 crore high security number plate scam and Sheetal Singh was a partner in many companies associated with it.
Mr Mishra said that the scam was exposed during the first tenure of the AAP Government, then what was the reason that contracts given to companies of Sheetal were not cancelled when the AAP Government was formed for the second time.
He also alleged that many people associated with the scam were involved in the hawala business. Reacting to his apology, Mr Yadav said in a tweet,”Nothing personal, Kapil’s apology due to all volunteers. Best to put all facts about that episode in public”.
Mr Mishra had also appealed to party workers to join hands to ensure a corruption-free and Kejriwal-free Delhi.
The Karwal Nagar MLA has been issuing acerbic comments against Mr Kejriwal since his removal from the Delhi Cabinet. He had charged the Chief Minister with taking Rs two crore from his cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain and also levelled allegations that AAP has received donation through ‘hawala’.
On May 10, he also sat on a hunger strike, demanding that the AAP make public the foreign trip details of it top party leaders including Ashish Khetan and Raghav Chadha. (UNI)
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