AAP demands apology from BJP for defaming Kejriwal over Delhi excise policy case

The Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Monday demanded an apology from the BJP for defaming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and levelling false allegations against his party in connection with the formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped excise policyThe partys remarks came after a Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to two accused in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate ED in relation to alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise Policy 202122The court said the evidence against the accused Rajesh Joshi and Gautam Malhotra was not sufficient for the case against them to be considered prima facie genuineAddressing a press conference senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said a huge conspiracy has been hatched to defame CM Arvind Kejriwal at the behest of PM ModiHe highlighted how ED could not present a single evidence against Malhotra and Joshi in the courtThe recent court order in the fake excise policy case undeniably reveals that there was no such thing as a liquor scam to begin with It has laid bare the deeprooted malicious conspiracy hatched by the BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Ministers Office PMO solely to tarnish the image of our esteemed leader Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party he saidHowever the truth has prevailed that there is no evidence to support their claims and it is time for the BJP and PM Modi to be held accountable for their actions he addedSingh accused the BJP of making baseless allegations and asserted that the socalled liquor scam case lacks any factual or evidentiary basisHe asserted that in light of these revelations the BJP should offer an unconditional apology to the entire nation Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi PartyAlso ReadDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal being spied upon by Delhi police alleges AAPIf they possess even an ounce of shame they must acknowledge their wrongdoing and take strict action against those responsible for fabricating this false and baseless scam he addedSharing details he said when the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI initiated their investigation the agencies had initially claimed that an amount of Rs 100 crore was involvedHowever later it was revealed that they had no evidence or information regarding 70 crore he saidThe agencies included false information in their charge sheet stating that a vendor named Rajesh Joshi received Rs 30 crore from a liquor business in southernIndia and that this amount was spent during the Goa elections through Rajesh Joshi as a medium he claimedThe court even questioned the basis for the allegation of 30 crore to which the agencies had no answer The recent court order shows that no embezzlement of funds has taken place in the alleged excise case he saidThe MP said that the investigation by the agencies confirmed that the Aam Aadmi Party spent a mere 19 lakh in cash during an assembly electionThis information is stated by the central investigative agencies themselves The EDCBIs investigation has proven that AAP is Indias most honest party We remain committed to our partys core principles of transparency accountability and the welfare of the common people he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever