Sandeep Dikshit To File Defamation Suit Against Delhi CM Atishi And AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Questions Kejriwal's Promises

On Tuesday (31 December), Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit announced his intention to file defamation lawsuits against Delhi Chief Minister (CM) Atishi, and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Rajya Sabha member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Singh.

This comes in response to their accusations of him accepting money from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as "five to six days ago," Delhi CM Atishi alleged that Dikshit took a 'huge amount of money from the BJP."

"For the last 10-12 years, they have targeted Congress, me, and my family. I have several questions to ask AAP from the last 10-12 years," Dikshit said targeting the AAP national convener and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

"He (Arvind) used to walk around with 360 pages of evidence against the Sheila Dikshit government. BJP's Vijay Kumar Malhotra told me that a delegation of BJP met Arvind Kejriwal after he became CM and asked for that evidence," Dikshit said.

He revealed that Kejriwal showed 360 newspaper cuttings. "He is the first person who gives newspaper cutting as evidence...The day when CM Atishi said that we are taking money from BJP, that day former PM Manmohan Singh passed away. That is why we could not do a press conference," he added.

Dikshit added,"After this press conference, I will file a criminal and civil defamation case against CM Atishi and Sanjay Singh. I will ask them to give me Rs 10 crore. I will donate Rs 5 crores for Yamuna cleaning and Rs 5 crores for the issue of pollution in Delhi.

Dikshit criticized Kejriwal for the social welfare programs declared by the governing AAP in anticipation of the forthcoming assembly election. "They should answer a simple question: Why are they implementing all this now? Why didn't they do this earlier?" he questioned.

The former East Delhi MP further said, "They have been in government for the last five years. When he went to prison, he wasted a good one and a half years. He could have resigned earlier and completed all the pending work."

Dikshit questioned Kejriwal that if he becomes the CM after the February 2025 election, "Will he still not be able to sign any files and implement all the schemes he has been promising? He will not be able to distribute even a penny as CM."