35. No Party Has Mechanism to
Check Education Degrees,
Says AAP
All India | Press Trust of
India | Updated: July 04, 2015 14:10 IST
File Photo: AAP
Spokesperson Sanjay Singh
MOHALI: With one of its
MLAs arrested in an alleged fake degree case,
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said there is no
mechanism with any political party to examine
the degrees of its party members.
"There is no mechanism
available with any party to check (educational)
degrees of its party members," senior AAP leader
Sanjay Singh said in Mohali today.
He said as per selection
criteria, the party makes sure that there should
not be any charges related to corruption,
criminal activities and character against a
person.
"If question has been
raised over somebody's 15-year-old degree, then
the probe is going on and we have also handed
over the matter to internal Lokpal," Mr Singh
said while addressing the media.
Following the arrest of AAP
MLA and former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh
Tomar in an alleged fake degree case last month,
Mr Singh today accused the BJP-led Centre of
following different yardsticks for its own
leaders.
"There cannot be two laws
in the country. (Union Minister) Smriti Irani,
MP Rama Shankar Katheria, Maharashtra minister
Vinod Tawde are involved in fake degree case...
if we have made mistake then take action against
us as per law. If they have done wrong then you
should take similar action against them also,"
Mr Singh said.
He also cited a recent
controversy surrounding Union Minister Kiren
Rijiju who was in the midst of row over
offloading of passengers from an Air India
flight.
"Two types of law are being
followed... which is dangerous," he claimed.
However, he maintained that
people have different type of expectations from
AAP. "We will show ourselves that we are
different from other political parties," he
said.
On a recent report of Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence
electricity bill of Rs.91,000, Mr Singh
clarified that Mr Kejriwal's own power
consumption was about Rs. 17,000.
"The Rs. 91,000 electricity
bill was for two months. And this bill came
because where Mr Kejriwal meets people, 24 air
conditioners have been installed for public," he
said.
On Rs. 526 crore
advertisement budget of Delhi government, Mr
Singh further said that it was not going to be
spent overnight.
"Expenditure on government
advertisements is not going into the pocket of
Arvind Kejriwal. It is to be paid to media. You
(media) decide a policy that you will promote
Delhi government's initiatives without taking
money," he said while taking a jibe at media.
He also took a dig at the
Centre for spending huge sum of money on
promotion of Yoga and Swachh Bharat campaign.
Story First Published:July
04, 2015 14:10 IST
