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Speaking at the News18 Rising Bharat Summit, Gupta said the ledgers of the Delhi government were proof of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s corruption
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta at the Rising Bharat Summit.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday dismissed the clean chit to her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia, asking why the Delhi excise policy was rolled back if the allegations of corruption were false.
Speaking at the News18 Rising Bharat Summit, Gupta said the ledgers of the Delhi government were proof of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s corruption.
“I want to ask you that in this world, does anybody depend on others’ opinions to take a call? Unless the public was convinced that they made a mistake by bringing the AAP to power, would they have shown them the door? The people gathered in Ramlila Maidan, who held the Tricolour in their hand and pledged to uphold honesty, soon turned corrupt. There are hundreds of corruption cases against them. And the case they claim to have been buried in, I want to ask you that if there was no corruption, then why was the liquor policy rolled back the moment probe began?”
Attacking Kejriwal further, Gupta accused him of trying to “drown” Delhi in the culture of liquor. “When he spoke of one bottle free with another, pink bars for women, reducing the legal age of drinking so that more youth could consume alcohol, then wasn’t that cheating with Delhi?”
The Delhi chief minister also shot down assertions that the court had found Kejriwal innocent, saying every aspect of the previous government was mired in corruption. “There are several cases involving hospitals, medicines, schools, Mohalla clinics where graft was found. We see it in their ledgers every day. Friday’s decision was by a lower court. The people of the country believe in the judicial system and however long it takes, the truth will be uncovered.”
Gupta also mocked the insinuation of the Congress that the BJP and the AAP were hand-in-glove and it was the ruling party that had got Kejriwal out of jail in the run-up to polls in Punjab. “When a party like Congress, that voters have got below NOTA, makes such claims, it is laughable. Kejriwal and Congress were in cahoots but later had a falling out. Congress is a directionless party and its leaders can make up any claims.”
February 28, 2026, 19:46 IST
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