‘AAP: A party of pathological liars’

Reacting strongly over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Madan Lal’s allegation that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has offered him money to topple the Delhi government, senior party leader Arun Jaitley has called AAP   a party of ‘pathological liars’.

Arun Jaitley on his blog wrote, ‘Yesterday, when an AAP MLA made some irresponsible statements without any supporting evidence dragging my name along with that of Narendra Modi in an unnecessary controversy, I had rubbished the charge.’

‘Today, to further pursue the allegations which the AAP has manufactured, they decided to hold a protest at my residence. I am convinced that AAP is a party of pathological liars. They create a falsehood and then convince themselves of its truth,’ Jaitley said.

While going more into the controversy, the leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha said, ‘Let me now deal with the statement of the MLA named Madan Lal. Neither Modi nor I am aware of who is this Madan Lal, MLA.’

Jaitley lambasted Lal’s statement and said, ‘Lal was approached on telephone on 7 December, 2013 with an offer to meet me. He does not know the name of the person who telephoned him.  Nor does he know the number from where the phone came.  He has not even checked his call data records to provide him the identity of the caller if such a call did exist.’

‘Interestingly, on 7 December, 2013 the results of the Delhi election had not yet been declared. Madan Lal was not an MLA that time.  Most people in Delhi did not visualize him as a MLA or that his party will get a sizeable number of seats. Why should somebody call him for a dubious purpose before his election as an MLA?’ he said.

On the context of Lal’s allegation that someone from Gujarat also approached him, Jaitley said, ‘A person from Gujarat has approached him with a significant offer of bribe. He (Lal) does not know the name of the person who approached him or his status or designation. He did not follow his party’s advice that bribe must be accepted and the bribe giver should be subjected to a sting operation. He chose to keep quiet for about 10 days.’

Targeting the AICC general secretary, Shakeel Ahmed, BJP leader said, ‘He made a statement about these incidents of alleged bribe giving an hour before Lal’s Press Conference. The absurdity of his claim is evident. The facts speak for themselves. But the AAP appears to be creating a falsehood, convince itself of its truth and keep pursuing the matter even if it is absurd and false on the face of it.’