Bribe charge bites Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Sunday said he had witnessed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal taking Rs 2 crore in cash from health minister Satyendar Jain at his residence, a charge that was termed “unsubstantiated” and “not even worth responding to” by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

The allegations by Mr Mishra come at a time when the Aam Aadmi Party is grappling with massive internal conflicts.

In a tell-all press briefing at Rajghat a day after  being sacked, the AAP leader said he had given a statement to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal regarding various irregularities he saw during his two-year stint in Mr Kejriwal’s city cabinet.

The Mishra sacking came days after he rallied support for Kumar Vish-was, a senior AAP  leader who had several run-ins with the party leadership since the fag end of April.

Before his scheduled briefing, the ousted minister tweeted that he has “witnessed HIM taking illegal cash.” According to Mr Mishra, the cash exchanged hands on Friday. The BJP and Congress demanded that Mr Kejri-wal step down.