Bharatiya Janata Party chief Sudhanshu Trivedi on Sunday drew an analogy of Lokmanya Tilak`s `Swaraj` slogan, and mentioned that the Aam Aadmi Party considers “corruption as their birthright” whereas additionally seeing it as its “right” to keep away from investigations towards corruption prices.
This comes after the AAP leaders protested towards the arrest of occasion chief and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia within the excise coverage rip-off case.
“Lokmanya Tilak started a revolution of Swaraj, but he wouldn`t have thought that in future there would be parties sitting in power which would say corruption is their birthright. They think that avoiding investigations against corruption charges is their right,” Trivedi mentioned whereas chatting with ANI.
The BJP chief additional known as out the AAP`s change of stance towards different political events earlier than the occasion was floated driving on the waves of the `India towards Corruption` motion throughout the nation.
Asked in regards to the letter written by 9 Opposition leaders together with Arvind Kejriwal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards the arrest of Sisodia, Trivedi mentioned that AAP is similar occasion which levelled allegations of corruption towards the identical Opposition leaders with whom they’re in search of assist at this time.
“This is the same party which used to say that there should be a resignation as soon as allegations of corruption are levelled, and an investigation should be done later. Today they say there should not even be an investigation. Who are they taking support from – those against whom they had levelled allegations of corruption on the Ramlila Maidan?” he mentioned.
“It becomes very clear today that these are those parties which sat on the Constitutional posts and considered corruption their right. The arrogance has reached such a level that they are opposing the investigations. It is unfortunate that attempts are being made to threaten the probe agencies and the systems of the country,” the BJP chief alleged.
Recalling that the motion taken towards the Opposition leaders through the UPA rule between 2004 and 2014 was totally on those that have been non-BJP, Trivedi mentioned that their “character” remained unchanged- “tainted then and tainted now”.
“I want to state a fact. They say that it is being done after 2014. Between 2004 to 2014, all those leaders who had to face an investigation by the agencies or a Supreme Court probe on the corruption allegations against them, there were 42 leaders and 41 were non-BJP leaders. That means, that your character was tainted then and tainted now also,” he mentioned.
Earlier at this time, the 9 Opposition leaders alleged that the timings of the lodging of instances or arrests of the Opposition leaders “coincided with elections” which makes it clear that the motion taken was “politically motivated”.
“We hope you would agree that India is still a democratic country. The blatant misuse of central agencies against the members of the opposition appears to suggest that we have transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy,” the leaders wrote.
Calling the motion towards Sisodia, who was arrested on February 26 by the CBI, a “long witch-hunt”, the letter alleged that the allegations levelled in reference to the excise coverage are a “smack of a political conspiracy”.
They claimed that Sisodia`s arrest has “enraged” folks throughout the nation and alleged that his arrest will “confirm what the world was only suspecting” that India`s democratic values have been “threatened” beneath the BJP rule.
“The allegations against Sisodia are outrightly baseless and smack of a political conspiracy. His arrest has enraged people across the country. Manish Sisodia is recognised globally for transforming Delhi`s school education. His arrest will be cited worldwide as an example of a political witch-hunt and further confirm what the world was only suspecting – that India`s democratic values stand threatened under an authoritarian BJP regime,” the leaders wrote.
Among the Opposition leaders who have been the signatories of the letter included BRS chief Okay Chandrashekhar Rao, JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah, AITC chief Mamata Banerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
However, there have been no representations from Congress, JDS, JD (U), and CPI (M) within the letter. (ANI)
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