New Delhi: BJP MP from East Delhi Maheish Girri’s hunger strike outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence entered second day today as he refused to move till he “gets justice.”
Maheish Girri is sitting outside Kejriwal’s official residence with a demand that AAP chief proves his allegations regarding the murder of NDMC official M M Khan.
In a letter to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung last week, Kejriwal had accused him of trying to "save" Girri and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) vice-chairman Karan Singh Tanwar in Khan's murder.
“Now Modiji is fully assured that no matter how much goondaism BJP men partake in, no one will be able to bend a hair. You will save them. And you will keep on framing Aam Aadmi Party by lodging false cases,” the Kejriwal said in the letter.
Girri then dared Kejriwal to prove the charges or quit politics. He said if Kejriwal has the courage, he should prove his allegations. “If he manages to prove them, then I will quit politics, otherwise he should do so...”
“I have absolutely no connection with the case. It just happened that I was in the LG’s office when a person had come with some documents related to the case. I did not bring that complainant. These are diversionary tactics to deflect attention from the parliamentary secretary issue,” Girri said.
Girri asked Kejriwal for a public debate over his allegations.
In a letter to Kejriwal on June 16, Girri had invited him to Constitution Club to produce "evidence" he had against him in the M M Khan murder case on Sunday 4 pm.
Kejriwal did not accept the challenge following which Girri, accompanied by his party supporters, reached the Chief Minister's flagstaff Road residence and sat on hunger strike.
The BJP MP has asked Kejriwal to either prove his charge against him or "resign" from the post of Chief Minister.
Khan, an estate officer of NDMC, was shot dead in Jamia Nagar on May 16, a day before he was scheduled to pass the final order on the lease terms of a hotel which was functioning on a property leased out by the civic body. The owner of the hotel, Ramesh Kakkar, was arrested on charges of murder.
Hitting back at Girri, AAP's Delhi unit convenor Dilip Pandey said an open debate with Kejriwal would not solve the problem, instead the BJP MP should be ready for a fair investigation.
The party also reiterated its demand for arrest of Girri and Tanwar in connection with the murder.
AAP MLA from Okhla Amanatullah questioned Girri's ties with Kakkar.
Pandey also alleged that Tanwar took money from Kakkar to get Khan transferred and the BJP leader had also threatened the NDMC officer.
Pandey claimed that a letter was written by Tanwar to Khan. AAP and people of Delhi want to know the content of the letter which has since gone missing, he claimed.
(With inputs from PTI)
