The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Mukesh Goel demanded Rs 1 crore from a junior engineer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for giving gifts to over 100 party leaders, reported news agency PTI.
The saffron party also released a sting video of Goel, who is the AAP candidate from Adarsh Nagar ward in the MCD poll that is slated for December 4, and asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to sack him from the party immediately.
BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra made the claims at a press conference on Friday, saying that “Goel demanded Rs 1 crore from the MCD junior engineer, saying it was needed for giving Diwali gifts to 100-150 leaders,” as quoted by PTI.
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Patra added that Goel was the “right hand” of Kejriwal, and the AAP national convenor never took any decision without consulting him for the December 4 polls.
Meanwhile, reacting to the allegations by the BJP, Goel called the video “concocted” and said that he will take legal action against the party. He also said that the matter was a “tactic” by the BJP to “divert” citizens attention.
“It is a concocted video. We will take legal action against it. The BJP has been indulging in corruption since the last 15 years in Delhi MCD and this is a tactic to divert the attention of citizens. The Delhiites are frustrated with the BJP-led MCD and the party is going to lose in the upcoming elections,” Goel, who is also AAP’s Madhya Pradesh in-charge, said.
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A five-time municipal councillor, Goel had quit the Congress in November 2021, and joined AAP.