It is indeed true that there are no permanent enemies in politics, especially when the political party is as opportunistic as Aam Aadmi Party. Amidst major speculations on who would be nominated, the names came as a surprise to many as a little known Sushil Gupta was one of the names.
आम आदमी पार्टी की Political Affairs Commitee ने पार्टी की तरफ से राज्यसभा के लिए तीन नाम तय किये हैं-
1.संजय सिंह
2.नारायण दास गुप्ता (N.D. Gupta)
3. सुशील गुप्ता— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) January 3, 2018
As per Aam Aadmi Party, Gupta’s brief profile is as follows:
आम आदमी पार्टी की तरफ से राज्यसभा जाने वाले उम्मीदवार – डॉ सुशील गुप्ता, LLB#AAPKeCandidates
3/3 pic.twitter.com/p0vD2vDyuQ— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) January 3, 2018
What the profile fails to mention is that till November, 2017, Gupta was a Congress leader, who had even fought elections in 2013 on Congress ticket. This former leader was also executive committee member of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee and General Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress Committee.
Soon, Congress leader Ajay Maken tweeted how just 40 days back Gupta had tendered his resignation, claiming he has been promised Rajya Sabha seat.
On 28th Nov, Sushil Gupta came to submit his resignation-
I asked him-“Why”?
“सर,मुझे राज्य सभा का वायदा करा है”-was his answer!
“संभव नहीं”-I smiled
“सर आप नहीं जानते..”-He smiledLess than 40 days-Less said the better!
Otherwise,Sushil is a good man known for his charity! pic.twitter.com/DgrYhVaFJA
— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) January 3, 2018
Amusingly, in 2016, Gupta had celebrated ‘vasooli divas’ demanding recovery of Rs. 854 crore Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi Government had spent in advertisements.
Meanwhile, many people were critical of Gupta’s nomination, including former and current team members of Aam Aadmi Party.
Think.
Why was Sushil Gupta selected?
Now there is no diff between AAP and BSP. This leadership isn’t worth supporting.
I can today say w/o any doubt – AAP has become corrupt.
After communal & caste vote bank politics – we hv crossed the last bastion – CORRUPTION
— Mayank Gandhi (@mayankgandhi04) January 3, 2018
Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, has said that since Gupta runs a lot of schools which provide free education, he has been chosen. However, the picture could be different.
Sushil Guptaji, runs a few schools. This is the fee structure of one of his schools. pic.twitter.com/BpiI7jqHM7
— Mayank Gandhi (@mayankgandhi04) January 3, 2018
AAP co-founder Yogendra Yadav, too, was vocally critical of the decision.
I used to say, whatever his other faults @ArvindKejriwal cannot be bought. Defended him against Kapil Mishra’s allegations.
Now I don’t know what to say.
Speechless, ashamed and numb. https://t.co/3rTpNssDVy— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) January 3, 2018
They even accused of tickets being bought in Punjab elections and ‘accounts fudged’ and disappointment over AK (Kejriwal) going to ‘such an extent’.
Agree, Mayank bhai, you did alert me to the money angle a few months ago, but I did not believe you. I knew their accounts are fudged. I knew some tickets in Punjab were sold. But I did not believe that Arvind may be directly involved in quid pro quo. Sorry!
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) January 3, 2018
Meanwhile, Kumar Vishwas, too, voiced his disappointment at ‘punished’ for saying the truth.
#WATCH: Kumar Vishwas talks to the media after announcement of AAP's Rajya Sabha nominees, says, 'In the form of punishment, I have been given an award for speaking the truth.' pic.twitter.com/xGoxpKvXZg
— ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2018
Rebel AAP leader Kapil Mishra also accused of killing the anti-corruption movement (by siding with Gupta) through his tweets.
50 करोड़ का सौदा है
आंदोलन के पौधे को रौंदा है— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) January 3, 2018
Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal, instead of answering his volunteers and colleagues, resorted to retweeting tweets which praised him and his decision.
