Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday. Following his resignation, he said that he didn't want to be a part of any party that held him back from representing Dalits. He also stated that he joined politics because of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The minister cited corruption as a reason to leave the party and added that he doesn't want to add his name to corruption.
"Aam Aadmi Party was born to fight corruption but today the party is stuck in a swamp of corruption. It has become difficult for me to work on the minister's post. I resigned from the post of minister and from the party as I can't connect my name with this corruption," he said.
The minister said that he had joined a political party to pay back to society, adding that he doesn't want to take a back seat when Dalit representation is talked about. Kumar also mentioned that he was not going to join any party.
Raaj Kumar Anand Resignation: AAP Reacts To Delhi Minister Quitting Party
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday claimed the resignation of Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand vindicates its stand that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest was aimed at finishing the party. Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that Anand may have been threatened to quit AAP.
"Everyone knows that there was an ED raid at his residence. He was under pressure and got scared. We have no complaints from him...He was given a script and he had no other option but to read it...We have fielded a Dalit candidate from East Delhi constituency...The reason for Arvind Kejriwal's arrest was to break the party and dissolve Delhi and Punjab's govt," said Bhardwaj.
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was released on bail from the jail recently alleged that the BJP was using the ED and the CBI to "break our ministers and MLAs".
"It is 'agnipariksha' (trial by fire) of AAP ministers and MLAs," he said.
Singh said that earlier the BJP used to call Anand corrupt "when a raid was conducted against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) but now the party will welcome him into its fold with garlands".