The AAP on Monday termed the ED a political wing of BJP and dismissed its prices in opposition to the celebration and its nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal blatant and frivolous lies.
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday stated that BRS chief Ok Kavitha and a few others “conspired” with high AAP leaders, together with Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, to get favours within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage by paying Rs 100 crore to the political celebration that guidelines Delhi.
Kavitha was arrested final week by the ED from Hyderabad.
The Aam Aadmi Party responded to the ED assertion by saying its probe was biased.
“On earlier occasions too, ED has released such blatantly false and frivolous statements which show that instead of being a neutral investigative agency, it is working like a political wing of BJP,” the celebration stated in an announcement.
Delhi minister Atishi alleged that the ED is “planting stories” within the media and has not even a “penny worth” of proof in opposition to Kejriwal.
“ED is showing its true political colour by sending summons after summons to Kejriwal and issuing statements to the media. This whole game of ED-CBI is to stop Kejriwal from campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls,” she stated.
“ED’s statement, which presents no new fact or evidence, speaks volumes of its frustration since they have not recovered a single rupee or piece of evidence in this case, despite carrying out over 500 raids and questioning thousands of witnesses,” the AAP stated.
The ED in its assertion stated that Kavitha, together with others, was discovered to have conspired with the highest leaders of AAP, together with Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, for favours within the Delhi excise coverage.
“In exchange for these favours, she was involved in paying Rs 100 crore to the leaders of AAP,” the company stated.
The AAP dismissed the allegation and stated even the Supreme Court had not discovered credibility within the declare.
“Even the SC has discarded ED’s claim that any money trail of Rs 100 crore exists in this matter. The entire world knows by now that the entire excise case is fake and without an iota of evidence,” it stated.
The celebration stated the ED for the final two years has been looking for proceeds of crime within the case and has raided the homes of a number of AAP leaders, together with Sisodia, however failed to search out any soiled cash.
The ED and the CBI have alleged that the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage to grant licences to liquor merchants allowed cartelisation and favoured sure sellers who had allegedly paid bribes for it.
The coverage was scrapped by the Kejriwal authorities, days after Delhi LG V Ok Saxena in July 2022 advisable a CBI probe into its formulation and implementation.
Later, a case beneath Prevention of Money Laundering Act linked to the excise coverage case, was registered by the ED.
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First Published: Mar 19 2024 | 7:05 AM IST
