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AAP talks of Guj 'snooping' to blunt BJP's attack over sex CD

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Sep 09 2016 | 10:22 PM IST
The Aam Aadmi Party today tried to sidestep the issue of sacked AAP minister Sandeep Kumar and a blog piece by Ashutosh by raking up a case of alleged snooping on a woman in Gujarat.
Lending a dramatic touch to the Assembly proceedings here, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra read out excerpts from an affidavit filed by IAS officer Pradip Sharma in the Supreme Court and also played out an audio clip related to the case.
He was participating in a discussion on the controversy relating to the sleaze CD involving Kumar, raised by Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta.
Taking advantage of the absence of the two BJP MLAs, who had earlier walked out, Mishra took the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then then Gujarat home minister, and now BJP chief, Amit Shah in this regard.
Mishra also submitted a copy of Sharma's affidavit and the clip to the Speaker and dared the BJP to take action akin to the one "Arvind Kejriwal did in 15 minutes".
Earlier, Gupta hit out at AAP spokesperson Ashutosh over his blogpost in which he sought to defended Kumar's act saying it was consensual. He had said the sacking was aimed at "perception management".
Ashutosh had also referred to the private lives of Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee stating they had "lived with their desires beyond social boundaries"
"He has compared Gandhi and Sandeep to an extent where it has become impossible to differentiate between the two. What message has he sent out to the society?" Gupta asked, before staging a walkout.

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First Published: Sep 09 2016 | 10:22 PM IST

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