In the latest controversy, the Bharatiya Janata Party hit out at Arvind Kejriwal over his lavish bungalow, calling it a ‘glass palace’ built with looted public funds. The party shared video snippets of the AAP supremo and former Delhi CM’s house and slammed him, saying that a “special common man built this glass palace”.
The BJP said, “By looting the hard-earned money of the people of Delhi, a ‘special’ common man built this glass palace!”
“Look at the splendour of Kejriwal’s glass palace. He said that he would not take a car, bungalow, or security,” it also added.
“Kejriwal’s ‘Sheesh Mahal’ is ‘blot on democracy’
Meanwhile, MP Praveen Khandelwal also slammed the former Delhi CM and called the residence a ‘blot on democracy’.
“Kejriwal’s ‘Sheesh Mahal’ has put a blot on the democracy of the country… The ‘Sheesh Mahal’ has demolished the narrative of ‘Aam Aadmi’ set by Arvind Kejriwal..,” he said.
The reaction came after the BJP state president Virendraa Sachdeva released the video, claiming to show the interiors of AAP National Convenor and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s house.
Earlier today, Sachdeva, while speaking to ANI, accused Arvind Kejriwal of corruption, alleging that Kejriwal’s official residence, dubbed “Sheesh Mahal”, is a symbol of ill-gotten wealth.
Sachdeva also labelled the Kejriwal government as a “government of scams” that has brought shame to Delhi.
‘It is the ‘sheesh mahal’ which he wanted to hide from the people of Delhi. We have shown the first video of it. Look at the bathroom and the gym of that house. There are granites and equipment, look at the sauna and jacuzzi baths, like that of a 7-star resort. This is the reality of the black money hoarded by Arvind Kejriwal who calls himself a common man. He has to answer why he wanted to hide his house and hide the key to the house. It is not a CM residence, it is a museum of corruption. They should open it for the people. I challenge him to open the doors of this palace and tell the people of Delhi how he has fooled them… This is a government of scams. They have shamed Delhi,” he said.
BJP MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat alleged that ₹42 crore of public funds were used to decorate the interior of the house, implying that Arvind Kejriwal has committed a massive fraud against the people of Delhi.
“AAP leaders should be ashamed that when the nation was going through Covid, they were making ‘Sheesh Mahal’. ₹42 crore belonging to the people of Delhi have been used in the interiors of that house… Arvind Kejriwal has committed a huge fraud with the people of Delhi…,” she said