Centre preparing to arrest Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal: Aam Aadmi Party

The AAP on Saturday alleged that the Centre was misusing probe agencies to harass its leaders and preparing to arrest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who has been summoned by the CBI to its headquarters on April 16 for questioning in the excise police caseIt also alleged that the Centre was scared of the Aam Aadmi Party and their aim was to finish itAddressing a press conference senior AAP leader and Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi asserted Kejriwal was the only leader speaking out on the issue of corruption which was why efforts were being made to stifle his voiceHave the agencies found black money during their raids at his residence or anyone else No Kejriwal is the only leader talking about the issue of corruption They want to stifle his voice But they wont be able to do so she saidKejriwal has been summoned by the CBI at its office here to answer questions of the investigating team in connection with irregularities in formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped excise policyHis former deputy Manish Sisodia has already been arrested in the case Satyendar Jain another AAP leader was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a moneylaundering case and is in jail for nearly a yearAtishi said several cases have been slapped against AAP leaders but probe agencies have not been able to prove corruption against themAAP national spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged later that the Centre was preparing to arrest KejriwalAlso readDelhi excise policy case BJP dares Arvind Kejriwal to take lie detector testThe Centre is preparing to arrest Arvind Kejriwal Why is the central government so scared of him and the Aam Aadmi Party Their aim is to finish our party We are a new party and merely have government in two statesrdquo he saidHe alleged that the BJP was ldquomisusingrdquo central agencies to put AAP leaders in jailldquoWhy is the Centre putting all their strength to harass AAP leaders The prime minister is scared of Arvind Kejriwal The BJP government is only misusing the central agencies like CBI and ED to put AAP leaders behind the barsrdquo he allegedAsked about reports of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge extending his support to Kejriwal after CBIs summons Bharadwaj said the party welcomes it quickly adding that when Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Lok Sabha Kejriwal was one of the first leaders who expressed displeasure over the matterThis 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