New Delhi, July 18 -- Delhi Home Minister and BJP leader Ashish Sood has alleged that former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and ex-deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia purchased multiple high-end mobile phones during their tenure, flouting government spending limits.
Sood accused the AAP leaders of engaging in extravagant expenditure while in power.
The controversy, which has sparked a heated exchange between the ruling BJP and the opposition AAP, centres on a recent revision of mobile phone reimbursement ceilings for Delhi's chief minister and ministers.
Addressing a press conference, Sood claimed Kejriwal's purchases included a phone worth Rs 81,000 and another costing Rs 1.63 lakh, both acquired when the limit was Rs 50,000.
He said ...