State BJP chief Satish Upadhyay on Monday presented a ‘citizens charge sheet’ against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanding his resignation over issues ranging from holding dual posts to turning a blind eye to ‘atrocities on women’.
Alleging that Mr. Kejriwal had failed both as a CM and as a party president, Mr. Upadhyay accused him of not adhering to “even the basic principal of democracy” by occupying both posts.
Demands for resignation
Mr. Upadhyay also presented a five-point charge sheet against Mr. Kejriwal, alleging that the people of Delhi were fed up with him and were in “no mood to tolerate him any further” and it was time that he resigned.
The main charges against Mr. Kejriwal, Mr. Upadhyay said, were atrocities on women, making false promises, misgovernance, stoking religious frenzy and corruption.
“Out of the 70 poll promises of Mr. Kejriwal, women’s security was the most hyped but once in power, the Kejriwal-led government has just ignored it and no concrete programme has been launched,” Mr. Upadhyay said.
Allegations
Alleging that Mr. Kejriwal had made false promises, Mr. Upadhyay said that his claim in February 2016 of waiving old undue water bills of 11 lakh consumers turned out to be false when an RTI reply from the Delhi Jal Board revealed that the benefit “reached only 2,28,000 consumers”.
“The administrative work of those who spoke for good governance has come to a standstill, the government claims that it has insufficient officers while a RTI reply shows that the Delhi government has more officials than the sanctioned strength,” Mr. Upadhyay said.
The BJP leader said that Mr. Kejriwal came to power “levelling major charges of corruption” against the then Sheila Dikshit government, “but once in power”, the Kejriwal government had “chosen to ride the graft plane”.
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP municipal councillors and senior party workers led by Mr. Upadhyay held a protest march against Mr. Kejriwal’s “total failure as an administrator” and in curbing “the misdeeds of his MLAs and other party leaders.”
