[IAC#RG] Shanti Bhushan attacks Kejriwal again, accuses him of accepting 'tainted money'

Shanti Bhushan attacks Kejriwal again, accuses him of accepting 'tainted money'
PTI | Feb 11, 2015, 06.35 PM IST

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NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding AAP's stupendous victory in the Delhi
assembly polls, the party's founder-member Shanti Bhushan on Wednesday
attacked Arvind Kejriwal yet again, accusing him of accepting
"tainted" money and giving tickets to candidates who were prepared to
buy votes.

He also alleged that the AAP chief had "abandoned" all principles of
inner party democracy and asked the party to "apply course correction"
and come back to the path of clean politics.

"He gave a large number of tickets to people who had amassed a lot of
wealth by questionable means and were prepared to buy votes by
distributing money and liquor," Bhushan wrote in a blog.

"He (Kejriwal) also accepted tainted money and abandoned all
principles of inner party democracy," Bhushan said.

Later, he told reporters that he was not happy with the party's
spectacular win in the elections, saying the electorate did not apply
their mind to the allegations.

"It is important for the party to apply course correction and come
back to the path of totally clean politics which people believe it
continues to stand for," Bhushan said.

He said even Kejriwal must be "regretting" his decision to field those
candidates under the belief that "people like them could win
elections".

"My advice to Kejriwal is not to make any of those 15-20 shady people
ministers," he added.

In the midst of election campaign last month, Bhushan had called for
Kejriwal's removal as the party chief in "due course" and termed BJP's
move to field Kiran Bedi as its chief ministerial nominee a
"masterstroke".

Bhushan, who has been critical of Kejriwal for past several months,
said Bedi's contribution to the Anna-led anti- graft movement was
significant and even supported her comments praising RSS.