BJP purifies Rajghat with Ganga jal after CM and AAP MLAs' visit

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday sprinkled 'Ganga jal' on Rajghat after AAP legislators had visited the memorial, and its MP Manoj Tiwari took the point further by comparing Arvind Kejriwal to Joseph Goebbels and accusing him of lying repeatedly.

The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying its various allegations were like a "movie script" meant to mislead the public on the "scam" in Delhi's now-scrapped excise policy 2021-22.

The BJP alleged that by visiting Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat, AAP supremo Kejriwal has desecrated the place and the BJP workers sprinkled 'Ganga jal' there to "purify" it.

Reacting to the AAP's claims that the BJP was trying to poach its MLAs with an offer of Rs 20 crore each to switch sides, Tiwari said that everyday the AAP was coming up with old "movie scripts" to divert the public from the real issue.

"This is a total flop show of the AAP. Kejriwal ji you have to speak on the excise policy but your silence on this issue says a lot. You always come up with the same old, worn-out movie script to divert public attention. Arvind, you have become a descendant of Goebbels, who used to think that if you keep telling the public a lie, they will start believing it as a truth," Tiwari said.

Goebbels was the propaganda minister in Adolf Hitler's Nazi government.

Tiwari said those indulged in the "liquor scam" visited the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.

"Are these descendants of Goebbels even worthy of visiting the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi?" Tiwari asked.

He said that the Delhi government's excise policy was opposed by everyone including women and children in the city. Public is demanding answers about the controversy surrounding the excise policy.

"You (Kejriwal) are busy in diverting the issue after gobbling up the public money. You should answer that why your excise policy was taken back as soon as the CBI enquiry was ordered?" Tiwari asked.

BJP MP from west Delhi Parvesh Sahib Singh also hit out at the AAP and said the party was doing "theatrics" instead of coming clean on allegations of "scam" in the excise policy.

"Arvind Kejriwal, who is hand-in-glove with the liquor mafia, desecrated the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, who used to speak against liquor. Our party workers will sprinkle Ganga water to purify the place," Singh said. He said that those involved in the "scam" are bound to go behind bars for the corruption they have committed because the investigation agencies have all the incriminating evidence against them.

Delhi Congress leader Alka Lamba said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's visit to Rajghat was "nothing but a high-voltage drama" and asked why his party hasn't approached police or Enforcement Directorate if it has proof of the BJP's poaching attempts.

If there is any truth to the AAP's claims that the BJP offered money to its MLAs to get them to switch sides, the Kejriwal-led party should make public the evidence. The Congress is ready to support the AAP, she said. "AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj has claimed that they have all evidence of poaching attempts, then what are they waiting for. Should they indulge in drama or make these details public and expose them (BJP)? If there is any truth to their claims, they should make it (evidence) public. The Congress is ready to support them and even accompany them to the police and the ED," she added.