ED, CBI act as political weapons of BJP, says Delhi Minister Atishi

As the AAP leaders observed a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar against the arrest of party national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on Sunday Delhi Minister Atishi alleged that the central agencies are acting like political weapons of the BJP reported news agency ANIKejriwal who was arrested by the ED on March 21 was sent to judicial custody until April 15 and is lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with a moneylaundering case linked to a liquor excise policy scamAtishi alleged that the money trail in this liquor policy scam has been done from liquor trader Sharat Reddy to the BJP reported ANIPeople of Delhi love Arvind Kejriwal They dont think of him as a CM but as their son or brother All want the bail for Arvind Kejriwal BJPs ED and CBI havent been able to show a single penny of liquor scam from the leaders of AAP If there is any money trail in this issue its from liquor trader Sharat Reddy to the BJP the AAP leader said reported ANIThe AAP leader further questioned the central probe agency to reveal details regarding the action taken against leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in connection with alleged money laundering casesSharat Reddy donated 55 crores to the BJP Why the BJP has not been raided or accused why has the BJPs National President not been summoned or arrested ED CBI act as political weapons of BJP Atishi said reported ANIEarlier Delhi Minister and AAP leader while addressing a press conference appealed to the people to be a part of the hunger strikeWe appeal to people that all those who are against the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal and want to save democracy and love this country can also do Samuhik Upwas at their homes villages and blocks he said reported ANIOn April 1 2024 the court sent the Delhi Chief Minister to judicial custody until April 15 in the excise policy money laundering caseKejriwal was arrested by the central agency on charges of corruption in relation to the case It is the first time in independent India that a serving Chief Minister has been arrested The move came after Kejriwal skipped multiple summons by the investigation agency nine in total calling them illegalThe case pertains to alleged irregularities and money laundering in framing and implementing the Delhi excise policy 2022 which was later scrappedWhile Kejriwal was not named in the FIRs registered by the ED or the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Delhi excise policy case his name first found a mention in the EDs chargesheet wherein the agency claimed that he allegedly spoke to one of the main accused Sameer Mahendru in a video call and asked him to continue working with coaccused and AAP communicationsincharge Vijay NairNair was among the first people to be arrested by the CBI in the case in 2022 Subsequently former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh were arrested in connection with the caseMeanwhile the Supreme Court on April 2 granted bail to AAP MP Sanjay Singh who was arrested on October 4 2023 in a money laundering case related to the nowscrapped Delhi excise policyWith inputs from ANI