Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that the Center would not have levied GST on food items had the BJP not spent Rs 6,300 crore on toppling governments of other parties in the country.
Kejriwal’s remarks came a day after he called the BJP a “serial killer of state governments”. During his address in the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal also alleged that the BJP was using the money collected through GST and hike in petrol and diesel prices to “harass” the MLAs.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener on Saturday also alleged that people are facing the brunt of inflation as the BJP is spending crores of rupees on “poaching” MLAs of other parties and toppling their governments in the states. has been
In a tweet in Hindi, Kejriwal said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed on curd, buttermilk, honey, wheat, rice, etc., will give an annual revenue of Rs 7,500 crore to the central government. “So far they have spent Rs 6,300 crore on toppling governments. Had he not toppled the governments, he would not have had to impose GST on wheat, rice, buttermilk etc. People will not have to face inflation.
The political tussle between AAP and BJP has intensified after the CBI registered a case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others for alleged irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy on the recommendation of Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.
On August 19, the probe agency raided Sisodia’s residence in the capital and 30 other places in the country in connection with the case. The AAP alleged that the Center engaged the CBI to malign Sisodia by implicating him in a “fake” case. The BJP is “intimidated” by Kejriwal’s growing popularity and his government’s model for the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
A day after the CBI raid, Sisodia claimed that the BJP had approached him with a proposal to drop all corruption charges against him and that if he changes sides and joins the saffron party, he will be made the Chief Minister of Delhi. appoint.
Earlier this week, four AAP MLAs had claimed that BJP leaders had approached them that Rs 20 crore each would be offered to them if they joined the saffron party, otherwise they would also be arrested in fake cases, the CBI and Will have to face ED.
On Thursday, AAP claimed that the BJP has approached 40 of its MLAs with such proposals and accused the Prime Minister of Narendra Modi Attempt to topple the Kejriwal government in Delhi During his address in the Delhi Assembly, he also claimed that the BJP has so far bought 277 MLAs across the country.
The BJP, however, accused the AAP of making false claims to divert public attention from the corruption allegations against Sisodia.
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