Amid major rift in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) following corruption allegations by Kapil Mishra against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Tanker Scam, Mishra bid a visit to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday.
Kapil Mishra elaborated on his allegations against Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain and claimed that he would soon go to jail.
Here are the live updates:
10:00 pm: Kapil Sharma to file three cases against Satyendra Jain
9:00 pm: Arvind Kejriwal finally breaks silence, says “Truth will prevail”
8:00 pm: AAP suspends Kapil Mishra from the party over allegations made by him
7:20 pm: AAP leader Satyendra Jain to file defamation case against Kapil Mishra
04:00 pm: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Kapil Mishra on Monday submitted documents to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to back his allegations that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had delayed the probe into a Rs 400 crore tanker scam.
03:05 pm: ACB chief Mukesh Meena has reached the Delhi LG office for a briefing on the Kapil Mishra bribery allegations
02:33 pm: Now, Kapil Mishra arrives at CBI headquarters in Delhi to lodge a complaint in the water tanker scam.
02:28 pm: Either (go to) jail or resign. Please decide Arvind Kejriwalji as being (the) CM of Delhi you can decide for people of Delhi. Only you said it: Manoj Tiwari
02:27 pm: BJP chief Manoj Tiwari has referred to Kejriwal’s May 10, 2013 tweet: “Should people just resign for corruption or should they be sent to jail for corruption?”
1:30 pm: Sanjay Singh says party has policy of zero-torelrance for corruption in party.
Singh dismisses BJP, Congress demand for Kejriwal’s resignation. Says chief minister will complete full term.
Leaders of BJP, Congress have been involved in a slew of scams, these parties do not have moral grounds to demand resignation of the CM
Why no inquiry into VYAPAM, Coal block, IPL scams? Shame that BJP MLA misbehaving with woman IPS officer in Gorakhpur, says AAP
1:20 pm: Sanjay Singh says allegations part of larger game to trouble AAP. Says allegations baseless and lacking in facts.
Why can’t Sanjay Singh reveal the details of the alleged date and time of the transaction, asks Singh.
1:15 pm: Senior AAP leaders addresses press conference:
11.57am: Kapil Mishra says he will now go to the CBI to submit proof in the case.
11.54am: Mishra tells reporters that he is ready to take the lie-detector test and that the chief minister should also undergo the test to come clean.
11.52am: After coming out of ACB office Mishra said:
“I have submitted information on water tanker scam. Have submitted info as a witness and complainant. Have given info how investigation into tanker scam was repeatedly delayed, how some officials tried to cover up and how even taking the case against Sheila Dikshit was suppressed. I have given the names of Ashish Talwar and Vibhav kumar.” On allegations of bribery on Kejriwal and Satyendra Jain he says he will soon submit a complaint on it as well.
11.42am: Mishra has given evidence to the ACB against two persons — Ashish Talwar and Vibhav Patel — in the Rs 400-crore water tanker scam. Read: What is the water tanker scam
11.30am: BJP leader Shyam Jaju says people should welcome the disclosure made by kapil Mishra as it shows the true character of the AAP front runners.
“Whatever kapil Mishra has said is just a flash. He has given some proof to the LG some he has kept with himself and he will soon give all the proof to the CBI. I believe that we all should welcome this. Kapil Mishra submitting proof to the L-G is enough to show the true character of the AAP frontrunners,” he added.
11.20am: Water minister Satyendra Jain, accused by Mishra of giving Rs 2 crore to the chief minister, has had having frequent run ins with the enforcement agencies over allegedly amassing illegal assets and money laundering. Read: I-T attaches Jain’s Rs 33cr assets
11.12am: Kapil Mishra reaches ACB office in Civil Lines to meet Delhi ACB chief MK Meena. Mishra says he will speak after the meeting. Reports also say Mishra is ‘willing to take’ lie-detector test.
11.05am: Kapil Mishra was, in August 2015, removed as the law minister days after he wrote to Kejriwal recommending an FIR against former CM Sheila Dikshit in the alleged water tanker scam. Read: From being AAP’s face to letting it down
10.50am: Mishra had made the allegations against Kejriwal at Rajghat, from where India Against Corruption and AAP had started their anti-graft crusade. The accusation is the latest in a string of troubles that has engulfed the ruling AAP, after its defeat in the city’s civic election and the assembly polls in Goa and Punjab. Read: AAP turmoil not over
10.41am: L-G office confirms that Kapil Mishra’s complaint has been forwarded to ACB. Officials at the anti-corruption body, however, say they are yet to receive it.
10.35am: BJP’s Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari takes to twitter asking chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and health minister Satyendra Jain to face action over corruption charges levelled by their former cabinet colleague.
For unbiased inquiry on serious allegations by @KapilMishraAAP , @ArvindKejriwal and @SatyendarJain must step down. #KejriwalMustResign
— Manoj Tiwari (@ManojTiwariMP) May 8, 2017