Coming to the defence of his party leader Raghav Chadha, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday described his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi’s visit to a “different” mining site and not the one which AAP’s Punjab unit co-incharge Chadha ‘exposed’ as illegal a day before.
AAP’s national convenor Kejriwal, reacting to Channi's “false” claims that there is no illegal mining in the State, said: “Chief Minister Channi is a blatant and outspoken liar and hypocrite. And he tells his lies with great noise and impunity.”
“Today, Punjab Chief Minister Channi proved that the sand mafia is running efficiently in Punjab as it was under the rule of Captain and Badals by overlooking the region where illegal mining was actually taking place,” he said.
“It is true that Chief Minister Channi did not visit the khadha (mining pit) where Raghav Chadha had gone a day before. Channi declared it legal and authorised. Whereas this place is different from the place where Raghav went, which is where illegal mining was actually taking place. How can a Chief Minister be so blatantly negligent?” tweeted Kejriwal.
Kejriwal’s tweet came in response to Punjab Chief Minister’s visit to a mining site at the Sutlej River bed earlier in the day. Channi, after visiting the site, declared that the Kejriwal-led party’s allegations were a ‘bundle of lies’, and all the work at different sites was being done as per the norms.
Notably, Raghav Chadha, a day before, made a surprise visit to Jindapur village in Channi’s home constituency — Chamkaur Sahib, and alleged that the ruling party was ‘patronising’ the sand mafia.
