
Indian National Congress candidate for New Delhi assembly constituency Sandeep Dikshit on Friday slammed the former chief minister for not appearing at the Jantar Mantar where he had invited him to public debate, calling out his claims about his tenure as Delhi’s CM.
He said, “Kejriwal has claimed that he has improved the transport services of the city and roads have been repaired or improved. He said that he made a total of 10,000 kms of roads while when I checked government documents there are only 4000 kms of roads in Delhi.”
He also cited the same reason for reaching late at the venue. “I should be reaching here at 1.30 pm but Kejriwal has done such a great work for the roads of Delhi, I could not make it on time,” he added.
Dikshit had challenged Arvind Kejriwal for public debate on his claims about the work in Delhi, at Jantar Mantar.

It is important to mention that his election campaign was supported by the National Congress and National Students’ Union of India (NSUI). It was attended by national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, party’s media chairperson Pawan Khera, NSUI’s Ronak Khatri, and many other senior leaders of the party.
Congress national spokesperson Supriya Srinate slammed Kejriwal for making fake claims about his government and said, “Arvind Kejriwal is going to be defeated from the New Delhi assembly constituency seat. He has worked and been in the chair of chief minister for 10 years yet he has nothing to say and show. He only cries about his security and makes false claims about poison in the river Yamuna.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi who was present at the event criticized Kejriwal for not appearing and avoiding the debate.

“I can surely say that Kejriwal is a liar and he has more caliber to make you fool in comparison to what prime minister Narendra Modi does and says,” Gandhi added.
The event also witnessed the presence of local people who were cheering for the Congress and raised slogans in support of the party followed by “Nukkad Natak” performed by the volunteers at the venue. They mentioned the work of former chief minister Late Sheila Dikshit and the work done in the city by the Congress, raising slogans against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Arvind Keriwal.
Meanwhile, AAP refused to respond to the repeated query sent by Tehelka.com about its take on the invitation to Arvind Kejriwal to the public debate at Jantar Mantar.