Kejriwal’s words on Oppn unity a bid to evade imprisonment: Maken; respect two-way street, says AAP

Sh. .@ArvindKejriwal seeks @INCIndia‘s help for the ordinance, yet unabashedly ridicules our esteemed leaders, including Sh. @ashokgehlot51 and Sh. @SachinPilot in Rajasthan. His ministers place prerequisites on our alliance, while their chief spokesperson publicly disparages… pic.twitter.com/kIgGu9NBM8

— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) June 25, 2023

“His ministers place prerequisites on our alliance, while their chief spokesperson publicly disparages our party and leaders on the day of the opposition party meeting. To brazenly criticise and then demand support, is this how alliances are sought, Mr. Kejriwal?” Maken said in a statement.

“Kejriwal’s political manoeuvres in recent weeks have left many baffled. However, let me elucidate the truth. His desperate attempts to evade imprisonment on corruption charges, wherein two of his colleagues are already jailed, are reasons for these actions,” Maken added.

Hitting back, AAP’s national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said that respect was a two-way street.

🔹अजय माकन जी आप शायद कांग्रेस नेताओं के बयान भूल गए है, चलिए याद दिलवाते हैं-

1- 31/05/2023 को संदीप दीक्षित जी ने कहा की वह दिल्ली के ख़िलाफ़ केंद्र के अध्यादेश के साथ खड़े हैं। वह संसद में भाजपा का साथ देंगे।

2- 23/05/2023 को अजय माकन जी ने दिल्ली अध्यादेश के साथ खड़े होने… https://t.co/I25ND6nRw9

— Priyanka Kakkar (@PKakkar_) June 25, 2023

Responding to Maken’s tweet, Kakkar said, “You have probably forgotten the statements of Congress leaders, let us remind you: On 31/05/2023, Sandeep Dixit ji said that he is standing with the ordinance of the Center against Delhi… On 23/05/2023, Ajay Maken ji talked about standing with the Delhi ordinance… You also objected to the Aam Aadmi Party contesting elections… Why has the Congress failed to defeat BJP in Gujarat for the last 30 years? Will Kejriwal ji be blamed for this too? The Aam Aadmi Party did not contest elections in Assam, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal; why did the Congress lose there?”

Maken, who was a key minister in the Sheila Dikshit government, has been staunchly opposed to the Congress giving any support to the AAP.

In the past, he has filed formal complaints to Delhi L-G VK Saxena against Kejriwal and the AAP on the issue of advertisements.

On Sunday, Maken said, “Kejriwal’s betrayals are infamous – just ask Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, and the founders of the Anna (Hazare) movement… However, be assured, your deeds have not gone unnoticed… You are no longer a champion of the ‘Aam Aadmi’ or a crusader against corruption.”