"Arvind Kejriwal has abandoned people at the mercy of gods and bureaucrats. He is a runaway and from February 23 we are launching a 'Poll Khol Abhiyan' against him to expose the lies he had been telling in the name of common man's welfare," Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Arvinder Singh Lovely told reporters today.
Thousands of Congress workers will assemble at Connaught Place's Central Park in the morning that day and a 20-foot effigy of "Kejriwal's falsehood" will also be burnt there, state unit leader Mukesh Sharma said at a press conference.
"Kejriwal has only indulged in telling lies to people. He is a king of lies. And, his mid-way exit will spell doom for ordinary people like safai karmacharis, teachers and DTC employees who will find it difficult to earn their salaries after March 31, since the AAP government did not allow the finance bill to be passed in the Assembly," he said.
The state unit chief further alleged that while Kejriwal is "busy furthering his electoral ambitions", the current political scenario in Delhi will only "compound the woes of people".
Coming down hard on Kejriwal-led government hoardings and posters, brought out during its brief regime, in some parts of Delhi, Lovely alleged they were in "violation of municipal laws" and urged the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to "take action" against them.
The state unit also announced that as part of the campaign a committee will be constituted to "examine the anti-people, unconstitutional and unlawful decisions" allegedly taken by the Kejriwal government during its rather short-lived tenure.
"Our fight is against the lie-ridden AAP and the BJP-led misrule in the MCDs here", he said.
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