Arvind Kejriwal anti-Dalit, hates Biharis and Purvanchalis: JDU leader Sanjay Jha

Responding to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's letter to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, the Janata Dal (United) dubbed AAP supremo Kejriwal as 'anti-reservation' and 'anti-Dalit, while also accusing him of hating Purvanchalis and Biharis.

A leader tainted with corruption charges has no right to give suggestions to someone like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD(U) national working president Sanjay Jha said in a letter written to Arvind Kejriwal.

Jha hit back at Kejriwal a day after he wrote a letter to Kumar asking him to "deeply reflect" on Union Home Minister Amit Shah's alleged insulting comments for B R Ambedkar.


Kejriwal had written a similar letter to another key BJP ally, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

Jha highlighted that the AAP leader could not send a single leader from the Dalit and backward castes to the Rajya Sabha and accused him of backtracking on his promise of picking a Dalit deputy chief minister in Punjab.

You could not find a single dalit or backward leader for sending to Rajya Sabha, or you have never had the intention to give representation to dalit and backward," Jha wondered while citing Kumar's choice of Dalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi to take him place in 2014.

Kejriwal has had links with an organisation known for its stand against reservation 'Youth for Equality' and it is visible in your conduct that you are not for reservation, Jha added.

Further taking on Kejriwal, Jha alleged," he hates people from Bihar and poorvanchal as it is clear from their poor living conditions in the national capital."

Jha further said people still remember how Biharis and Purvanchalis were treated during the covid pandemic when they were "thrown out by you" from the national capital.