Sex tape scandal rocks AAP, Arvind Kejriwal sacks Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar with immediate effect

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday sacked Sandeep Kumar, a cabinet ranked minister in his government, after receiving an objectionable sex CD of him.

AAP sources claimed that a sex CD was submitted to Kejriwal, which purportedly showed the minister in a compromising position with two women, along with some objectionable photographs.

The AAP chief took to Twitter to personally confirm the development through a series of tweets.

The Chief Minister, known for his tough anti-corruption stand, said in his tweet that his party stands for propriety in public life and there can be no compromise on it.

Recd "objectionable" CD of minister Sandeep Kr. AAP stands for propriety in public life. That can't be compromised(1/2)

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 31, 2016

Removing him from Cabinet wid immediate effect(2/2)

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 31, 2016

Kejriwal's deputy Manish Sisodia too confirmed the sacking of the minister, reiterating that AAP will never tolerate such things. 

The minister was sacked after deliberations by the AAP central leadership on the issue. Kejriwal had last month halted Sandeep Kumar’s plan to embark on an ‘anti-begging drive’, calling it an “inhuman” and “futile” exercise.

Sandeep Kumar, Social Welfare Minister in Delhi government, had planned to launch a drive to pick up beggars and move them to a state-run home.

Social activists had said the plan lacked merit because it offered no rehabilitation prospects.