Sisodia attacks BJP, asks why its leaders were backing ‘murderer’

NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Monday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to come clean on the MM Khan murder case, saying two of its senior leaders

NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Monday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to come clean on the MM Khan murder case, saying two of its senior leaders were allegedly ‘lobbying’ for the accused hotelier in the case.

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Taking a dig at the BJP and east Delhi MP Mahesh Girri for holding a dharna outside chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, the Aam Aadmi Party leaders said the ruling party at the Centre should clarify which party was a ‘dharna party’.

Launching the BJP campaign for the 2015 assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had dubbed AAP as a ‘dharna party’ interested only in protests and not governance.

Speaking to reporters at the Delhi secretariat, Sisodia said, “The hotelier Ramesh Kakkar is under arrest and is facing murder charges. The BJP and Girri must explain why Girri, along with Kakkar, met the L-G. Why did Tanwar write to L-G on his behalf,” Sisodia said.

Not just Arvind Kejriwal but the BJP should apologise to the country and the bureaucracy for “supporting the murderer of an honest officer”, Sisodia added.

AAP leaders made public a copy of letters written by Ramesh Kakkar to the L-G and a copy of the letter issued by the L-G secretariat to the NDMC chairperson.

“A BJP MP who helped a murderer is protesting outside the CM’s residence and police has become a mute spectator. The people of the country can clearly see which is a dharna party and which is interested in governance,” said AAP leader Dilip Pandey.

Hitting out at Girri over his hunger strike, AAP leader Ashutosh said, “Those who are murder accused don’t sit on dharna, but are interrogated and arrested.”

“Arvind is diabetic. He sat on hunger protest twice for 15 days. Mahesh Girri should definitely sit on hunger dharna for at least 3 weeks (sic),” Ashutosh tweeted.