As the BJP on Saturday headed to capture the Delhi seat of power after more than 26 years, activist Anna Hazare, once a mentor to Arvind Kejriwal, said the AAP drowned” due to the liquor policy and its focus on money.
In a jibe at Kejriwal, the anti-graft activist further said a candidate’s character should be clean and he should know the virtues of sacrifice.
The Aam Aadmi Party, born from Hazare’s anti-corruption crusade, is trailing behind the BJP as votes are being counted for the 70-member Delhi assembly polls held earlier this week.
Trends and results on the Election Commission website showed the BJP ahead in 48 seats and the AAP in 22.
AAP veteran and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia conceded defeat from Jangpura while party supremo Arvind Kejriwal stared at a possible loss from the New Delhi seat.
“With the liquor policy issue came the money and they drowned in it. The (AAP’s) image was tarnished. People saw him (Arvind Kejriwal) talking about clean character and then about liquor,” Hazare, who led the anti-corruption movement in 2011, told reporters in Ralegan Siddhi village.