Kejriwal lies just like Modi, but is more cunning: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi intensified his attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying the former Delhi Chief Minister “lies just like [Prime Minister] Narendra Modi but is probably more cunning and sophisticated than the PM.”

Addressing a rally in north-west Delhi’s Badli constituency, the Congress leader said Mr. Kejriwal and his associate Manish Sisodia had joined politics vowing to fight corruption but had “indulged in corruption themselves and forgotten all their promises.”

“I want to remind Mr. Kejriwal about the fake promises that he has made. Forget making the water of the Yamuna potable, I challenge him to drink the water flowing from the taps in Badli,” said the Rae Bareli MP at the event in support of the party candidate from the seat, Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav.

“You must not forget who stands with you, protects the Constitution, and speaks the truth. The Congress has delivered on its promises in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana wherever it has come to power,” he added.

Mr. Gandhi said voters must remember the development works done during the tenures of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for various sections of society.

“We work for the poor, Dalits, tribals, minorities, farmers, and laborers,” he said. He also took on the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying, “Mahatma Gandhi was killed on this day [October 30, 1948] because he was fighting hatred and uniting Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs, and protecting Dalits. Who killed him? The same people whose ideology is burning the country today.” Mr. Gandhi accused the BJP of “spreading hatred” and being “against minorities, Dalits, the backward classes, and the poor.”