Kejriwal challenges Centre to show him Rafale deal file

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday challenged the BJP-ruled Centre to show him the file of the Rafale deal, in return of his government's 400 files checked by a central committee.

"I just need to be shown four files, including the one on the Rafale deal, for four days. I will send (them) to jail for life," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief said at the launch of his party's donation campaign here.

He also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged corruption, while claiming that the AAP's rule in the national capital was "the most honest" in the country in the last 70 years.

Asking his "honest" party workers and people to face both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress supporters with confidence, Kejriwal took a jibe at Modi, saying the chests of the people of Delhi puffed up to 60 inches, and not merely 56 inches, as they were filled with pride.

He also said had the AAP attempted dishonest means to get money, it could have amassed Rs 2,000 crore by demanding just a one-per cent cut for works worth Rs 2 lakh crore awarded by his government in the last three-and-a-half years.

Launching his party's donation campaign -- "Aap Ka Daan, Rashtra Ka Nirman" -- in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Kejriwal said the campaign will become a model all over the world on how to do honest politics through public contributions.

Asserting that the AAP government in Delhi was "the most honest" in the country in the last 70 years, Kejriwal took at dig at the Prime Minister, saying, "We have received clean chits from Narendra Modi and the committee that was formed to check our files."