Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Kumar Vishwas (left) and Dilip Pandey address a press conference in New Delhi yesterday.

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The Aam Aadmi Party yesterday demanded the removal of Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) chief Mukesh Kumar Meena, and said if the central government and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung interfered in their work, the party would set up several anti-corruption units here.
“To fight against corruption several small anti-corruption units will be established in different wards of the state. The AAP will regulate these units while the Delhi government will do its work,” party leader Kumar Vishwas said at a press conference.
He accused the central government and Jung of interfering in the functioning of the ACB.
Vishwas said his party would set up such units controlled by AAP volunteers if the central government and Jung tried to weaken their anti-corruption movement.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said ACB chief Meena was accused of money laundering and a probe was ordered against him in May.
“How can a person whose name surfaced in the hawala racket and curtain scam, be made the head of an anti-graft body,” he asked.
Meena was appointed ACB chief by Jung on June 8 superseding Additional Commissioner S S Yadav. The Delhi government has objected to the appointment of Meena.
Hitting out at Jung, AAP leader Dilip Pandey said Meena was deliberately appointed to a post which does not even exist in the ACB.
“Meena does not want to abolish corruption. His interest is only in the files related to the corruption in the police department.”