BJP President Virendra Sachdeva addresses a press conference
at the party office, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI — The BJP on Monday claimed that a CAG report raised 139 questions
related to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's previous Flagstaff
Road residence and "exposed his "black deeds".
No immediate reaction was available from AAP on the
charges.
Addressing a press conference, the BJP's Delhi president
Virendra Sachdeva said the report of 2022 cited an expenditure of INR 33.86
crore on the "Sheesh Mahal" but the actual cost was far higher.
"This report pertains to expenditure till 2022.
There is no revelation on expenses of 2023 and 2024 and, according to our
information, the real cost runs up to INR 75-80 crore if the inventory of the
items in the bungalow are included," he claimed.
The BJP has sharpened its attack on Kejriwal ahead of the
Delhi Assembly polls, alleging corruption related to the 6, Flagstaff Road,
bungalow that he occupied as chief minister.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took a jibe at
Kejriwal, saying he built a "Sheesh Mahal" instead of paying
attention to Delhi's public infrastructure.
Sachdeva charged, "The Controller and Auditor
General (CAG) has raised 139 questions and very minutely detailed the black
deeds of Kejriwal."
He alleged that the bungalow was reconstructed without
permission of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission and the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi.
"What message did a chief minister give to Delhi by
constructing the bungalow in an unauthorised manner?" he asked.
If the real cost of the bungalow is to be determined, the
accounts of the public works and other departments have to be checked, Sachdeva
said.
He also alleged that the public works department, instead
of functioning as a government agency for construction of the bungalow, acted
as a "private organisation" to please Kejriwal.
