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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has made startling claims, citing “reliable information,” that federal agencies are gearing up to arrest Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. According to AAP, this move comes amidst the party’s anticipated national poll pact with the Congress, which has apparently unsettled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and disrupted its political strategies.
Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj stated, “The AAP and Congress alliance has been finalized… multi-state seat sharing has been agreed upon. Amid the news that the alliance will be announced today [Friday] or tomorrow [Saturday], all of a sudden, the ED [Enforcement Directorate] served the seventh notice to Kejriwal.”
Bharadwaj further alleged that not only the ED but also the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is planning to arrest Kejriwal, with a notice ready for delivery. “The notice will be delivered to Kejriwal today [Friday], and the CBI will also intensify its efforts to arrest Kejriwal. We have information that in two to three days, Kejriwal will be arrested.”
Atishi, a ministerial colleague of Bharadwaj, echoed similar sentiments, stating, “The ED has sent seven notices but is unable to arrest Kejriwal. …so the BJP is now going to use the CBI.” She added that the CBI will first arrest Kejriwal before the ED takes him into custody, citing a pattern in such arrests.
AAP’s national general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak alleged, “The BJP believed the alliance with Congress was not happening. The finalization of the alliance has shocked the BJP. The alliance has disturbed their political equation in Gujarat, Delhi, and other states. In the renewed political situation, they have brought the CBI to the forefront with the plan to arrest Kejriwal.”
Pathak asserted that they were being pressured to end the alliance or else Kejriwal would be arrested. “They have not done the political calculations properly. The day Kejriwal is arrested, all well-meaning people will hit the streets,” Pathak said, adding that AAP remains undeterred, stating, “We are doing the alliance for the country and not for personal interests.”
The ED has issued the seventh summons to Kejriwal, asking him to appear before the agency on February 26 in connection with its investigation into a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped 2021-22 Delhi excise police. Kejriwal has previously disregarded six summons since November, labeling them as “illegal and politically motivated.”
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