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NDMC councillor begins telling the story of a ‘Dhongi Raja’ in CM’s style referring to the 40 cr mansion at tax-payers’ expense, Arvind Kejriwal walks out

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On Wednesday, May 10, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal walked out of a New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) meeting after BJP leaders raised the issue of the renovation of his official residence on the expense of taxpayers’ money. Following this, the BJP alleged that Kejriwal was absent inside the remaining two NDMC conferences, and on Wednesday he walked out of it mid-way.

BJP chief and NDMC member Kuljeet Singh Chahal raised the issue of the alleged irregularities all through the renovation of Kejriwal’s Flagstaff Road bungalow as he narrated the story of a ‘Dhongi Raja’. Chahal apparently referred to CM Kejriwal as a Dhongi Raja and went on to talk regarding the expenditure on the renovation of Kejriwal’s official residence as he talked about that the money utilized in renovating Kejriwal’s residence was taken from Delhi’s exchequer. He added that marble worth Rs 6 crore was utilized in Kejriwal’s residence.

Calling Kejriwal ‘dhongi’ and ‘chor’, Chahal asserted that Kejriwal ought to give an account of most of the people’s money squandered for his personal comfort.

Chahal had started narrating the story of “Dhongi Raja” in CM Arvind Kejriwal’s style. If one recollects, in April, Arvind Kejriwal had centered PM Modi with out naming him, by narrating a story a couple of a lot much less educated King inside the Delhi Assembly. Chahal took a cue from the CM and narrated the identical story in his style a couple of Dhongi Raja.

“He (Kejriwal) used to say that I will not take a big bungalow, big car or jeep, but has spent every penny of the hard-earned money of the people of Delhi in revamping his house” Chahal talked about.

भगोड़ा केजरीवाल..

राजमहल पर पूछा गया सवाल, तो देखिये कैसे भागे केजरीवाल !! pic.twitter.com/yDFdzLqh3n

— BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) May 11, 2023

As could be heard inside the video, Chahal requested Kejriwal to not stare at him and gives intimidating seems. While Chahal repeatedly requested to answer to his allegations, CM Kejriwal walked out of the meeting with out saying a phrase, behind him a person was seen elevating “Arvind Kejriwal Zindabad” slogans.

Later in a press conference, Chahal acknowledged, “I told Kejriwal that he has a habit of telling stories, so I will also tell him a story of a “Dhongi Raja,” he used to say that he’s not going to take a bungalow, or automotive as he resides in a four-bedroom dwelling and does not desire a a lot greater dwelling, most of the people of Delhi obtained influenced by his pretence.”

➡️ आप भी सुनिए #Ndmc काउंसिल मीटिंग क्यों छोड़कर भागे केजरीवाल ??
➡️ केजरीवाल डरपोक है
➡️ जनता के सवालों का जवाब नहीं है
➡️ टैक्स पेयर के पैसे का हिसाब नहीं दिया जाता
➡️ अपने राजमहल – शीश महल पर ख़र्च हुए टैक्स पेयर के 45 करोड़ का हिसाब देना होगा अरविंद केजरीवाल । pic.twitter.com/sCFsq7gAZn

— Kuljeet Singh Chahal 🇮🇳 (@kuljeetschahal) May 11, 2023

Chahal confirmed footage of CM Kejriwal’s newly renovated residence, claiming that his kitchen costs Rs 1 crore and that the CM is unable to feed the poor. He went on to say that Kejriwal was him whereas he continued to ask him to answer to his allegations and talk regarding the electrical power funds, to which Arvind Kejriwal had no response.

This comes after a modern investigation by Times Now Navbharat found that the official bungalow of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Civil Lines was renovated at a value of nearly Rs 45 crore. The report, termed “Operation Sheesh Mahal,” talked about that Rs 44.78 crore of taxpayer funds had been utilized for the renovations, elevating questions regarding the Aam Aadmi Party’s dedication to promoting austerity.

It is notable that this is not the first time that Arvind Kejriwal has walked out of the NDMC meeting. In September remaining yr, Kejriwal walked out of the NDMC meeting after BJP’s Kuljeet Singh Chahal confronted him over the AAP authorities’s claims about college progress.

#NDMC काउन्सिल मीटिंग से क्यों भागे केजरीवाल ❓

➡️ केजरीवाल पर RTI में हुआ खुलासे

➡️ केजरीवाल ने MLA फंड से अपनी नई दिल्ली विधानसभा के स्कूलों में कोई विकास क्यों नहीं?
➡️ #NDMC शिक्षकों, छात्रों व अभिभावकों के साथ कोई भी मीटिंग क्यों नहीं

➡️ केजरीवाल का #FailDelhiModel pic.twitter.com/PECP2tqfof

— Kuljeet Singh Chahal 🇮🇳 (@kuljeetschahal) September 28, 2022

Chahal cited an RTI query the place a variety of questions had been requested, and one in every of them was about if Kejriwal utilized funds from his MLA quota for progress in NDMC faculties. As per the reply to the RTI query, not even a single paisa was given by Kejriwal from 2015-16 to 2021-22.