NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the central government’s demonetisation scheme, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using his mother for political gains and protecting his friends in the corporate world.
The day-long special assembly session was convened to discuss the issue. “While the common man is lectured about patriotism, Reddy has spent Rs 500 crore on wedding as per reports. Vijay Mallya who has Rs 8,000 crore debt was allowed to flee by BJP. Rs 1.14 lakh crore of big corporate loan was waived. They take money from the rich and force people to queue up outside banks. In the name of strong tea, you have fed them poison” said Kejriwal addressing the house. The Chief Minister also met the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banarjee at her house in Delhi to talk about banning of the big currency notes.
The Delhi Assembly also passed a resolution urging President Pranab Mukherjee to refer the allegations of receipt of bribes by persons "holding high offices from Birla and Sahara Groups to Supreme Court of India with the request to order suitable inquiry".
Kejriwal also wondered whether Modi would follow BJP patriarch LK Advani's example, who had "set a precedent" by resigning when his "initials LKA" had surfaced in the hawala scam.
"Congress did not take action against 648 Swiss bank account holders, even Modiji did not even write to the Swiss government. That list has the names of PM's friends, Panama list includes his friends' name," he alleged.
“CM has charged the Central government of leaking information to BJP leaders. If there is any evidence to this then he should file a FIR. It is an act of cowardice on Kejriwal’s part. His only aim is to derail the PM’s momentum against black money” said BJP leader Vijender Gupta.