Sacked as Minister, Kapil Mishra Says Will Expose AAP Names in 'Water Scam' Today

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kapil Mishra will meet Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Sunday morning, a day after being sacked as the city’s water minister.

“Wait till 11:30am… will let you know at Rajghat. I will remove all waste material from the party. I am the founder member of AAP, will always remain with the party," Mishra said on Sunday when asked about the unfolding events. "If we exposed corruption in BJP and Congress, why not AAP?"

Hours after his removal on Saturday, Mishra, who had sided with Kumar Vishwas in the party’s latest power tussle, had said he would "expose" the involvement of certain AAP leaders in an alleged scam in the supply of water.

“I was not informed of the decision and as per my knowledge, it was taken unilaterally by Kejriwal. The Cabinet or the Political Affairs Committee (the AAP's top decision-making body) was not involved," Mishra told PTI.

Mishra claimed he was the only minister in Delhi against whom there was no inquiry by the CBI. "I have not given any benefit to my daughter or any of my relatives. I have exposed Sheila (Dikshit's) corruption," Mishra tweeted, in an apparent jibe at Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendar Jain.

Mishra became the fourth AAP minister to be sacked after Jitendra Singh Tomar, Asim Ahmed Khan and Sandeep Kumar, since the AAP stormed to power in 2015. Apart from the water department, Mishra also held tourism, art, culture and languages portfolios.

Mishra's sacking may lead to a major crisis in the AAP. Following the development, Vishwas tweeted suggesting that he was prepared to slug it out.

"I wish to assure the country and volunteers that we will continue to raise voice against corruption within and outside, irrespective of the consequences. Bharat Mata ki Jai,"

Vishwas, who had also cited reasons other than tampering of EVMs for the party's defeat, tweeted.

In the past one week, the party has witnessed tumultuous events. Last Sunday, AAP's Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan had accused Vishwas of being a "BJP-RSS agent" and planning a coup in the party.

He, however, continued his tirade against Vishwas, who threatened to quit if stern action was not taken against Khan. Vishwas alleged that Khan was just a "mask" and "coterie" around Kejriwal which was hatching conspiracy against him.

The Okhla legislator was on Wednesday suspended from the party to placate Vishwas, but hours later Sisodia visited Khan at this residence.

All AAP legislators, including Somnath Bharti, Alka Lamba and Bhavna Gaur, who had backed Vishwas, have been accommodated in the Library Committee, not considered as prestigious with the panel having little work to do.

The party has inducted two new faces — Seemapuri MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam and Najafgarh legislator Kailash Gahlot — taking the number of ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Cabinet to seven.