Congress on Tuesday demanded immediate dismissal of Delhi Minister Imran Hussain, after the party released sting video and audio, alleging that a Rs 30 lakh bribe was demanded by a person for regularising an illegal construction in Ballimaran area of north Delhi on his behalf.
Ballimaran is Imran Hussain’s constituency. AAP leader has denied the charge.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken released a sting video, which allegedly shows a man seeking money from one Qaseem.
According to Maken, the man in question is Hammad, who works in Hussain’s office. The man was also heard saying that they had to “give money” to get an AAP ticket in the assembly polls.
Aside from the video, the party also released two audio clips allegedly containing telephonic conversations of Qaseem with the minister’s brother and an engineer of the municipal corporation.
Maken took to twitter to reiterate his demand for Hussain’s resignation;
Quasim's recording-
Minister's Brother calls for bribe-
Staff threatens,asks for bribe-
JEsays 'Give Bribe to Minister'#CorruptKejriwalGovt— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) February 9, 2016
Another Minister shld go-
Half of Kejriwal cabinet on corruption charges & still 5 days to go for first Anniversary of#CorruptKejriwalGovt— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) February 9, 2016
Hussain has denied the charge as “baseless”.
“I have nothing to do with the sting. The allegations are totally baseless. If Maken can prove the charges, I will quit politics. He should quit politics, if he fails,” Hussain, the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, and Environment and Forests was quoted by news agency ANI.
Hussain was appointed minister in October last year after his predecessor Asim Khan was sacked for similar charged on live TV by Delhi chief minister.
Soon Congress supporters launched a new twitter hashtag accusing the AAP government of being ‘corrupt.’
This expose comes just on the eve of Arvind Kejriwal completing one year as Delhi’s chief minister.
Congress supporters have been fervently tweeting under hashtag #CorruptKejriwalGovt, which had become a top twitter trend.
Here are some of the tweets;
I'm waiting for the moment when Kejriwal starts blaming Modi for corruption in Aam Aadmi Party. "Sab Mile hue hain ji"#CorruptKejriwalGovt
— Ishan Rana (@A_boy_tweets) February 9, 2016
#CorruptKejriwalGovt he has broken the trust of millions of people who voted for him. Never again another kerjiwal will be trusted
— Mohit Girdhari Chotrani (@MOHITGC) February 9, 2016
#CorruptKejriwalGovt he has broken the trust of millions of people who voted for him. Never again another kerjiwal will be trusted
— Mohit Girdhari Chotrani (@MOHITGC) February 9, 2016
#CorruptKejriwalGovt he has broken the trust of millions of people who voted for him. Never again another kerjiwal will be trusted
— Mohit Girdhari Chotrani (@MOHITGC) February 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/ajaymaken/status/697060313380696065
Forget fighting corruption, AAP can't even tolerate someone talking about it, because they are thoroughly corrupt.#CorruptKejriwalGovt
— Salman Nizami (@SalmanNizami_) February 9, 2016