Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced former Goa’s Inspector General of Prison Elvis Gomes as party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming state Legislative Assembly election. “Amongst all the AAP candidates, there is a gem. (His name is) Elvis Gomes. He has been in the government service for 20 years but did not make any money through ill means. He has been an honest officer,” he said during an election rally in South Goa’s Cuncolim constituency.

Arvind Kejriwal claimed the corruption level in the country has grown after demonetisation. “The Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) had on November 8 said that demonetisation aimed to finish corruption. But has corruption ended even by one percent after that? In fact, it has increased since then. Black money is on the rise,” he said. He said if Modi wanted to finish corruption or curb black money, he should have taken action against the 648 people, whose accounts are in the Swiss bank. “The who’s who of India are in that list. First, Congress did not take any action and now Modiji is also not acting against them. Modi’s friends’ names are on that list.

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“If he (Modi) really wanted to finish corruption, the first thing he should do is arrest all the 648 people and corruption will be finished,” Kejriwal said. He said demonetisation was a “Rs 8 lakh crore scam”. “Modi’s intention is not to finish corruption. It (demonetisation) is Rs 8 lakh crore scam. The super rich have taken bank loans, out of which Rs 8 lakh crore has been siphoned off by Modi’s friends. CAG has said that out of this 50 per cent has been sent abroad,” the AAP leader alleged.

Kejriwal contended that entire country’s economy is in distress and wanted the Prime Minister to specify a date by when people will be able to withdraw their money from banks freely. “I am the biggest critic of Narendra Modi in the country but initially I was also believing that Modi is honest. But I got some papers which creates the doubt that Modiji is accepting bribe,” Kejriwal said displaying a file which he claimed contained some documents from Income Tax department.