New Delhi:
Attacking Arvind Kejriwal, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh claimed that Mr Kejriwal had come to him "requesting" for a place in the National Advisory Council, a body of non-government sector professionals but was rejected. Mr Kejriwal dismissed it as a "lie."
The NAC is headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and advises her on social and development policy issues.
He also said that the attacks on the government, ministers and Sonia Gandhi's businessman son-in-law Robert Vadra were an "RSS plot" and "India bought it.
"He (Arvind Kejriwal) came to me in 2005 or 2006 with Swami Agnivesh and requested me that I should promote his name to become a member of the NAC. Probably Soniaji was wiser than me, so she refused," Mr Singh told NDTV.
Mr Kejriwal reacted by saying, "Never believe Digvijaya, he always lies."
Mr Singh also attacked the activist-turned-politician for accusing Mr Vadra of being involved in a land scam with real estate giant DLF and the Haryana government. "There are ethics in politics. Never attack family. The Congress never attacked (former PM) Atal Bihar Vajpayee's son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya or (senior BJP leader) L K Advani's son and daughter. Have we ever said a word against them? They have a private life of their own."
When asked if the Congress brought their names up because there was nothing to ask of them, Mr Singh said, "Don't make me open my mouth about Ranjan Bhattacharya."
He also questioned Mr Kejriwal's associate meeting Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. "Kumar Vishwas must explain why he met Mr Modi," Mr Singh asked adding..."And why is he drawing a salary from his Ghaziabad College while being an activist."
Mr Vishwas mocked Mr Singh's questions. "Now he has awakened to talk about the NAC?" He said his meeting with Mr Modi was to ensure a "strong Lokpal".