New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday distanced itself from veteran Ajay Maken’s views that the party should not support Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who has been questioned by the CBI in the liquor scam.
“Central agencies are being misused only against opposition leaders and to break parties. Wherever it is happening we are against it. I have told party leaders that we will fight the misuse of central agencies. Wherever central agencies are being used against an opposition leader, we will stand with him,” AICC in-charge of Delhi Shakti Sinh Gohil told ETV Bharat.
The remarks have come days after former Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken and Punjab CLP Partap Singh Bajwa slammed Kejriwal and urged the Congress not to support the AAP leader. The AAP defeated Congress in Delhi in 2013 and in Punjab in 2022. Both Maken and Bajwa had expressed concern that Kejriwal, who had come to power in Delhi on an anti-corruption agenda, had actually used money made through corrupt means to dent the Congress in Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Goa polls. Maken had even urged party leaders who are lawyers also not to represent Kejriwal in courts.
“There are local fights but there is no issue after I spoke with my leaders. Congress has internal democracy. There is no gag on leaders. We are against corruption. When we were in power, we never objected to any probe. If the courts decide something, we will see,” said Gohil. Days before Kejriwal was questioned by the CBI on April 16, the AAP convenor had spoken to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge over the phone to seek his support in the matter.