Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday came down heavily on the BJP-led Centre in the wake of Enforcement Directorate raids at his party colleague Sanjay Singh's home. The BJP is resorting to desperate measures ahead of the 2024 general elections, Kejriwal said.
On Wednesday morning, ED officials raided the premises of AAP MP Singh in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy scam. Senior leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, too, was arrested by the CBI and ED earlier in connection with the same case. Sisodia's bail plea is scheduled to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
"They have been probing the alleged liquor scam for the last year but nothing has been found yet. Nothing will be found at Sanjay Singh's residence. When someone is staring at defeat, they resort to desperate measures. That is what is happening right now," Kejriwal said at a press meet in Delhi.
Referring to the raids at residences of journalists working with News Click, he further said: "ED, CBI, I-T and police all the agencies will become active as the elections come closer. Yesterday, it was journalists and today, it is Sanjay Singh.”
BJP demands Kejriwal's resignation
Meanwhile, the BJP also upped the ante against Kejriwal in the wake of the raids and allegations of corruption against his senior leaders. "The public of the nation and Delhi has understood that if there's a kingpin in the liquor scam it is Arvind Kejriwal on whose indications the liquor scam in Delhi took place,” BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia said.
While staging a protest outside the AAP's office in Delhi, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari alleged that Kejriwal has been trying to save former ministers Satyendar Jain and Sisodia “who have been in jail for a long time”.
