BJP intensifies attack against AAP, Kejriwal; burns effigy of 'liquor scam'

Intensifying its attack on the ruling AAP the BJP on Monday burnt effigies of corruption and liquor scam near Hanuman Mandir here as it reiterated its demand for resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over alleged corruption in the nowscrapped liquor policy for 202122The Delhi BJP likened the effigyburning to torching of a Holika and has planned to burn such effigies at various locations spanning all 70 assembly constituenciesVirendra Sachdeva the Delhi BJP working president said AAP supremo Kejriwal comes to this Hanuman Mandir near Connaught Place to seek blessings of the Almighty before his endeavours in any electionWith the divine blessings he was to do good work for people and bring peace and amity in society But the AAP dispensation took steps that proliferated liquor vends in the city even near religious places and schools and incentivised consumption of alcohol he said in his address soon before the burning of the effigies near the templeDelhi BJP workers will burn effigies of corruption and liquor scam in all assembly constituencies on Monday he saidAlso Read Delhi excise scam CBI produces Sisodia before courtWe chose this site to burn the effigies as Kejriwal visits this temple before beginning his electoral campaigns and from this very place we make the resolve of finishing his corruption We wont wait till 2025 Kejriwal will have to resign He will have to answer questions related to this liquid scam Sachdeva saidLeader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri also slammed the AAP and alleged a massive corruption in the formulation and implementation of the liquor policy for 202122On March 1 the Delhi BJP had staged protests at various places here demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Kejriwal in the wake of resignations by two Delhi ministers facing corruption chargesThe saffron party had also taken its protest online running a series of tweets with the hashtag Thekedar_Kejriwal_Istifa_Do in HindiThe BJP earlier had termed the resignation of Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain from the Delhi Cabinet amid corruption allegations a victory of truth and that of the party workers while claiming that the chief minister would have to resign as wellHours before the news of the two ministers resignations hit the headlines the BJP had said that it would raise awareness on the conspiracy that was hatched to toy with the future of youths in Delhi by allowing the proliferation of liquor vendsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever