While reacting to PM Modi’s comment that he could have built a ‘sheesh mahal’ for himself if he wanted to but built houses for the poor instead, Arvind Kejriwal targeted the PM for building his house to be worth Rs 2,700 crore.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a sharp three-point counterattack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday after he accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of corruption and branded it “AAPda” (disaster). Kejriwal turned the tables, asserting that the real catastrophe lay within the BJP.
“The disaster is not in Delhi; the disaster is in BJP. The first is that the BJP does not have a Chief Ministerial face. The second is that the BJP does not have any narrative. Third, BJP does not have any agenda for the Delhi elections.”
The verbal duel erupted after PM Modi, while inaugurating a housing project for slum dwellers in Delhi, accused the AAP government of a series of alleged scams and corruption.
They have committed a liquor scam, school scam, and pollution scam. They are openly engaging in corruption and even publicizing it. It is a disaster (AAPda) for Delhi, and the residents have declared war against this disaster, Modi said.
The Prime Minister also wanted to emphasize his commitment to the welfare of Delhi’s underprivileged, saying, “I could have built a sheesh mahal (glass palace), but I dream that my countrymen should get permanent houses.”
Kejriwal was quick to respond, taking a dig at Modi’s reference to a sheesh mahal. He said, “Mention of a sheesh mahal doesn’t sound appropriate coming from someone who built a house worth Rs 2,700 crore for himself, flies on a plane worth Rs 8,400 crore, and wears suits worth Rs 10 lakh.”
