Sex CD a conspiracy against me, Dalits are suppressed in this country: Sacked AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar

New Delhi: A day after beings sacked by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sandeep Kumar on Thursday said the “objectionable” CD on him is nothing but a conspiracy and it needs to be investigated.
Sources said the CD purportedly showed Aam Aadmi Party’s Kumar, Social Welfare Minister and Women and Child Development Minister, in a compromising position with a woman.
In his first reaction after his sacking, the 36-year-old Kumar today said the veracity of the CD needs to be authenticated. He added that he resigned on moral grounds.
Kumar, who represented Sultanpur Majra constituency and was the only Dalit face in the Delhi Cabinet, said some people are conspiring against him and his party.
I am being targeted because I have an Ambedkar statue at home. Dalits are always suppressed in this country, said Kumar.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Wednesday said he had received an “objectionable” CD on him and there cannot be any compromise with propriety in public life.
Soon after the action against the legislator over the alleged sex tape, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the Aam Aadmi Party government has “zero tolerance” towards any such act and action was taken within half-an-hour of receiving the CD.
The BJP and Congress mounted an attack on the Kejriwal government over the purported “sex CD” involving Kumar.
Kumar is the third minister who has been removed or forced out of the cabinet by Kejriwal since the formation of the government in February 2015.
Jitender Tomar was asked to resign as Law Minister in June 2015 after he was accused of forging his college degree. In October last year, Asim Ahmed Khan was removed as Minister for Food and Environment following allegations of taking bribe from a builder.