Kejriwal sacks Minister Sandeep Kumar over ‘objectionable’ CD: Reactions

The decision to remove the 36-year-old minister was taken at a high-level meeting attended by top AAP leaders and the announcement was made by Kejriwal himself through a tweet.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Praveen Khanna

In a sudden move, Delhi’s Social Welfare Minister Sandeep Kumar was today sacked by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after receiving an ‘objectionable’ CD in which he was purportedly shown in a compromising position with a woman.

The decision to remove the 36-year-old minister was taken at a high-level meeting attended by top AAP leaders and the announcement was made by Kejriwal himself through a tweet. “Received ‘objectionable’ CD of minister Sandeep Kr. AAP stands for propriety in public life. That can’t be compromised. Removing him from Cabinet wid immediate effect,” Kejriwal tweeted.

Sources said the CD purportedly showed Kumar, also Women and Child Development Minister, in a compromising position with a woman. “The CD came to us half-an-hour back. We saw the CD and took the decision to sack him immediately. AAP has zero tolerance for crime and corruption,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told reporters.

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Here’s how people reacted to the news:

Acts of Sandeep Kumar shocking and unfortunate. Such people don’t deserve to be Minister, yet alone WCD Minister! Good Govt has sacked him.

— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) August 31, 2016

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said. “We have zero tolerance against any kind of corruption,crime or any such activity.”

Kumar Vishwas says AAP minister sacking decision taken 30mins after receiving CD. “such behaviour unacceptable in public life

So Kejriwal had this sex CD for 15days & sacked Sandeep Kumar only whn CD reached Media. Fraud CM!! #AAPKaSexScandal https://t.co/cmQ914tgUo

— Satish Upadhyay (@upadhyaysbjp) August 31, 2016

Sandeep Kumar might be doing frantic google searches on how Abhishek Manu Singhvi escaped unhurt from pants-down video leak..

— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) August 31, 2016

Kejriwal in deep thought. Wondering how he can blame @narendramodi for what Sandeep Kumar did. #AAPKaSexScandal pic.twitter.com/VnkSn5IcMu

— Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) August 31, 2016

Sandeep Kumar was the Women and Child Development Minister in the AAP Govt. These kind of people were made Women minister #AAPKaSexScandal

— रचित सेठ (@rachitseth) August 31, 2016

AAP’s social welfare minister Sandeep Kumar caught on CD in sex scandal. This is the actual face of Arvind Kejriwal’s so called honest MLAs.

— BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) August 31, 2016

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