It is Congress' fault too: Arvind Kejriwal on 8 Cong MLAs joining BJP in Goa

Eight of Congress’ MLA on September 14 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa in presence of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Reacting to it, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said that it was the grand old party’s fault for not being able to save its MLAs in the country.

While addressing a press conference in Delhi, CM Kejriwal said, “BJP is breaking MLAs by giving crores of rupees to them across the country in the name of Operation Lotus, this is wrong. But the fault is also of Congress,”

“They could not break our MLAs in Delhi-Punjab because we expose them, but Congress has failed to save its MLAs,” he added.

His remarks came hours after eight Goa Congress MLAs including former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa today.

Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes also joined the party after meeting with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at the Goa Assembly complex during the day.

Taking a jibe at the Centre, Kejriwal further asked where the crores of money are coming to them. He accused BJP of 'siphoning off' the public's money and said it has resulted in an increase in the inflation rate.

In recent months, Rajinder Prasad and several high-profile leaders have quit Congress. The exit of veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad from the Congress, months before the upcoming Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls, as well as the general elections in two years' time, dealt a huge blow to party.

Jaiveer Shergill also tendered his resignation on August 24 claiming that the vision of the decision-makers no longer was in sync with the aspirations of the youth.

In May, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal also resigned from the grand old party and filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent candidate backed by the Samajwadi Party (SP).