New Delhi, January 31
AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the party would field candidates in General Election against all candidates against whom corruption charges were laid. The AAP would also field candidates against those who belong to dynasty families, he said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flanked by AAP leaders Sanjay Singh (L) Gopal Rai in New Delhi on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party would field candidates against Suresh Kalmadi, Sushil Kumar Shinde, P. Chidamabaram, Kapil Sibal, GK Vasan, Salman Khurshid, Veerappa Moily, Prakash Jaiswal, Kamal Nath, Pawan Bansal, Naveen Jindal, Avtar Singh Bhadana, Anu Tandon, Assam CM Tarun Gogoi and other leaders including Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, BSP chief Mayawati, Union Minister P Chidambaram and former BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
Kejriwal said AAP candidates would also be fielded against Union Minister Farooq Abdullah, DMK MPs Alagiri, former Minister A Raja, Kanimozhi and NCP leaders and Union Ministers Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel.
Attacking the BJP, Kejriwal said the AAP would contest elections against BJP’s youth wing leader Anurag Thakur, BJP national secretary Ananth Kumar and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, JD(S) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy.
When asked about BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, he said that AAP would field candidate against Narendra Modi also.
He also took a jibe at Modi and the Congress vice-president for spending over “Rs 500 crore on branding” and image-building exercise. “They spent Rs 500 crore for image make over...To prepare brand Modi and brand Rahul, they are spending Rs 500 crore. Can these people, who spend Rs 500 crore for branding, give an honest government? After they come to power, they will recover that money from us,” he said.
Addressing the National Council meeting attended by Aam Aadmi Party volunteers from across the country, Kejriwal said: “I have prepared a list of dishonest (politicians) of the country. If you come across any honest politician in the list then please tell me.”
He asked the AAP workers to prepare a list of corrupt leaders and submit it the party. Kejriwal said the party’s motto was not to seize power, but to eradicate corruption.
Assembly session
* The Delhi Cabinet on Friday decided to call a special session of Assembly to take up the Jan Lokpal Bill, which seeks life term as maximum punishment for corrupt babus, on February 16 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium instead of historic Ramlila ground as announced earlier. A meeting of the Delhi Cabinet, presided by the CM, deliberated on the draft bill that features various strict measures to contain graft like confiscation of assets of officials.
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