New Delhi, Jan 14 (Business Std) : Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday alleged a nexus between Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi President Satish Upadhyay and power companies in the national capital.

Kejriwal alleged that Upadhyay, who also heads Delhi's election campaign, own six firms which installs and replaces meters for one of the Delhi's two private power distribution company -- BSES. The AAP also alleged that BJP's Delhi Vice President Ashish Sood was director to one of these firms till last year. Soon at another press conference, both Upadhyay and Sood dismissed Kejriwal's claims and said that they will file a criminal defamation against Kejriwal.

"Our investigations have shown Upadhyay own six firms and he is the majority shareholder and director in one of them. Sood was the director of a company till last year. These companies provide services to BSES," Kejriwal said at a press conference here today while flashing the TDS certificates of one of the firms named NCNL Infomedia Private Limited. Kejriwal said that the BJP leaders should give a clarification on these matters of "conflict of interest."

"No such company exists by this name that Kejriwal has alleged. We will file a criminal defamation case. I give him 24 hours to either provide a proof of the alleged companies or he should quit politics," Upadhyay said at a press conference.

Kejriwal also claimed that these documents were provided by some "insider" from the BJP. "I won't reveal the name but it shows the widening crack within that party," the former Delhi chief minister said, adding that there would be more revelations in the coming days against the BJP.

Kejriwal said that the AAP had got the details about the firms through the website 'www.indiamart.com' which showed these firms have been supplying, installing and replacing meters along with conducting metering work for power companies in Delhi.

It further alleged that NCNL Infomedia Private Limited "appears to have two TIN numbers." "According to rules, a single trade name cannot have two TIN numbers. The whistleblower has said that the motive behind this is to make dubious bills," AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha said.

Kejriwal said that he is not raising any legal issues but a political conflict of interest of the BJP leaders.