Arvind Kejriwal (c) along with other AAP leaders Ashutosh (l) and Sanjay Singh staged a protest at Jantar Mantar against AgustaWestland chopper deal.
Highlights
- Delhi CM alleges Agusta scam probe hasn't 'moved an inch' under PM Modi
- Why hasn't Sonia Gandhi been quizzed yet?: Kejriwal
- An Italian court ruled bribes were paid in India for the chopper deal
Hours after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he does not have the courage to go after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar took a swipe at him saying Mr Kejriwal should quit the chief minister's job and join the CBI.
"I would want to know how many cases of corruption (has he) cracked as an income tax officer?" Mr Parrikar said in an exclusive interview to NDTV. "These are very difficult cases, I don't want to raise hope(s) but I am sure we will get the money trail," the Defence Minister said.
Earlier in the day, at a rally at Jantar Mantar reminiscent of the anti-corruption campaign spearheaded by activist Anna Hazare, Mr Kejriwal had said, "The Italian company Agusta was involved in corruption and had bribed all the big officials of this country for the deal. No one has been brought to book but our Prime Minister has not moved an inch in the investigations and nobody has been sent to jail."
"Mr Modi doesn't even dare to ask Sonia ji about this scam, we want to ask the prime minister that we made you our PM to punish the culprits but not to protect the culprits...We want to ask why Sonia Gandhi is not quizzed or put behind the bars?" the AAP leader said. "But, he did conduct raids on my office," he said, taking a dig at the prime minister.
He also charged Prime Minister Modi with making promises to fight corruption but having done little after being elected to power. "Before the polls, Modi ji made tall promises to the people of this country that he will punish the culprits and will bring them to book. Today, it has been two years and he has done nothing about the corrupt," the Delhi Chief Minister said.
The Modi government completes two years in office later this month and has drawn up elaborate plans to showcase its achievements. The BJP brass has targeted the Congress' top leadership over the Agusta scam over the last few days.