AAP candidate's son claims father paid Rs 6 crore to Arvind Kejriwal for West Delhi ticket

"My father joined politics about three months back. He had paid Arvind Kejriwal Rs 6 crore for a ticket. I have credible evidence that he had paid for this ticket," Uday was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Balbir Jakhar

New Delhi: In a major blow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a day before the Lok Sabha polls in the city, party leader Balbir Singh Jakhar's son Uday on Saturday alleged that his father paid Rs 6 crore for a ticket for the West Delhi Lok Sabha seat, news agency ANI reports. Uday claimed that Jakhar paid Rs 6 crore to AAP conveyor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in exchange for the ticket. Aam Aadmi Party's West Delhi candidate Balbir Singh Jakhar refuted his son's allegations, saying that  he had never discussed anything with  his son about his candidature. He added that he rarely speaks to his son.

Balbir Singh Jakhar, AAP candidate from West Delhi on his son Uday's allegation that his father paid Arvind Kejriwal Rs 6 crore for a ticket: I condemn the allegations. I have never discussed with my son anything about my candidature. I speak to him very rarely. pic.twitter.com/FEt0fJLFZH

— ANI (@ANI) May 11, 2019

"My father joined politics about three months back. He had paid Arvind Kejriwal Rs 6 crore for a ticket. I have credible evidence that he had paid for this ticket," Uday was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Why was my father, who was not even part of the Anna Hazare movement, given a ticket by the AAP?" he asked and added that an ametuer politician getting a ticket was "surprising." The AAP candidate's son claimed that his father was being given a ticket from West Delhi after he agreed to pay Rs 6 crore to Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai.