{"id":12833,"date":"2016-05-27T22:04:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=12833"},"modified":"2016-05-27T22:04:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T05:04:23","slug":"kejriwal-totally-unscrupulous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/kejriwal-totally-unscrupulous\/","title":{"rendered":"KEJRIWAL IS \u201cTOTALLY UNSCRUPULOUS\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

File photo of AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Mar. 27, 2015. (Vijay Kumar Joshi | PTI)<\/p>\n

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Accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of being “totally unscrupulous”, friend- turned-foe Prashant Bhushan has claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party leader can even join hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for personal gains, writes Lalit K. Jha. <\/b>(@Siliconeer, #Siliconeer, #AAP, #AamAadmiParty, #ArvindKejriwal, #PrashantBhushan, #India, #Delhi)<\/p>\n

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“He (Kejriwal) is totally unscrupulous…The day it suits him, he will join hands with Modi. I have no doubt about it,” Bhushan, who is currently on a private visit to the U.S., told a small group of Indian Americans in Washington, D.C., May 23.<\/p>\n

Bhushan’s remarks come even as Kejriwal-led Delhi government and the Modi-led Center have been at loggerheads over a range of issues over the past one year.<\/p>\n

Bhushan, an activist-lawyer who founded Swaraj Abhiyan along with Yogendra Yadav after leaving the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) last year, said he regrets having not “recognized” such traits of Kejriwal early on.<\/p>\n

“He used people like me and Yogendra to gain credibility, and at the same time ensured that he enjoys majority in decision-making bodies of AAP so that he can go ahead with his agenda,” he said.<\/p>\n

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File photo of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addressing at Bhimrao Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary celebrations at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, April 14. (Vijay Verma | PTI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Responding to a question, Bhushan alleged that Kejriwal is not interested in fighting corruption.<\/p>\n

“He does not want accountability for himself,” Bhushan said, alleging that he has been hearing a lot of corruption cases about AAP MLAs.<\/p>\n

“Arvind has Manmohan Singh syndrome, who never took money himself but allowed others around him to take money,” the former AAP leader alleged.<\/p>\n

Talking about assembly elections in Punjab, Bhushan said an Aam Admi Party government in the state will be much worse than that of the Congress.<\/p>\n

“It would be rudderless and chaotic,” he said while asserting that AAP is not a credible alternative in Punjab.<\/p>\n

“Congress, in fact, is a much nicer choice in Punjab. In my view they would be better than AAP. They (Congress) have experience. There is no principle left in AAP,” he said.<\/p>\n

Swaraj Abhiyan, he said, is not ready yet to jump into politics.<\/p>\n

“This will take about a year,” he said in response to a question.<\/p>\n

Before joining electoral politics, he said, Swaraj Abhiyan wants to establish within itself the principles of transparency, accountability and democracy.<\/p>\n

“We do not want to repeat the mistakes we did in the case of AAP,” he said, adding that people like him were taken for a ride by Kejriwal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

File photo of AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Mar. 27, 2015. (Vijay Kumar Joshi | PTI) Accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of being “totally unscrupulous”, friend- turned-foe Prashant Bhushan has claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party leader can even join hands with Prime Minister Narendra…<\/p>\n

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