BJP also sought a public explanation from Kejriwal, who has been silent on the spate of sting exposes' on him purportedly showing that he had tried to keep a tab on its own MLAs while misusing the name of BJP.
"Kejriwal used to talk of morality and honesty. He is practising just the opposite of what he preached to others. He should come clean on whatever is going on in his party and the allegations against him made through stings done by his own party men," BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma said today.
"Today, Kejriwal stands exposed before the world. He was always keeping others in the dock, but today after a series of stings by his own men, he is himself in the dock," he said.
Sharma also accused the AAP leader of having "lust for power" and being an "opportunist".
"Kejriwal speaks a lot about exposing wrongdoings of others, but his own people have done an expose on him. Their own people have unveiled his 'naqab' (veil). Kejriwal should clarify on the charges levelled by his own people in the sting. Why is he silent?" he asked.
Former AAP MLA Rajesh Garg, whom the party had recently suspended, today alleged that calls with the "consent" of Kejriwal were made to him and several other leaders offering them crores to support BJP.
Garg claimed that police had arrested a person on his complaint of receiving fake calls from Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's office offering him Rs 10 crore, who was later released on AAP's intervention.
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