NewDelhi, May.3: The Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP on Wednesday sparred over the indefinite hunger strike called by the opposition party in Delhi against alleged excessive spending on the renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence here.
While the ruling AAP claimed the protest has turned out to be a dud and even BJP workers did not participate in it, the opposition party hit back saying ministers of the Arvind Kejriwal government were trying to mislead people by spreading lies.
The BJP has been attacking Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, alleging that the chief minister spent Rs 45 crore on the renovation of his official residence between 2020 and 2022.
On Monday, it launched an indefinite dharna near Arvind Kejriwal’s 6, Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines residence, asking him to open his bungalow to the general public so that they can witness his “lavish living”, even if the entry into it is ticketed.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak said the hunger strike has found no support among the people of Delhi as the BJP was “indulging in politics of lies”.
“Bharatiya Nautanki Party only knows theatrics. Their indefinite fast has completely failed. Today morning, we clicked pictures at 8.30 am, 9.30 am and 10.30 am, and there was nobody at the protest site,” the AAP leader claimed.
“Leave aside the people of Delhi, even BJP workers are not participating in the strike because they know that the saffron party is indulging in politics of lies,” Pathak added.
Responding, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said the ruling party leaders are rattled by the exposure of the “scam” involving the beautification of the chief minister’s official bungalow at an expenditure of Rs 45 crore of public money.
“Aam Aadmi Party’s fury has increased so much due to the campaign and dharna being run by the Delhi BJP that now AAP minister Saurabh Bharadwaj is making false claims on Twitter since the morning,” he said.
