BJP's Massive Protest Against Arvind Kejriwal Over Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Watch

The BJP protest outside AAP office comes after senior party leader Meenakshi Lekhi alleged that ED's chargesheet makes it clear the "AAP was indulging in corruption under the guise of liquor policy".

Police stop BJP workers who were staging a protest outside the AAP office over ED chargesheet against top AAP leaders, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2023.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Delhi BJP workers on Saturday protested outside the AAP office against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the alleged liquor scam. This comes after the BJP attacked Delhi Chief Minister for questioning the Enforcement Directorate's supplementary charge sheet in the excise scam case and said it proved that he was involved in corruption. 

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The ED has named CM Kejriwal in its chargesheet and he should resign from the post of chief minister, state BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said, as reported by news agency PTI. The BJP will keep on exposing the "corruption" of the Kejriwal government which is weakening the national capital like a "termite", Sachdeva remarked during the protest.

"If he has any morality left in him, Kejriwal should resign now," he said.

Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, said that the BJP has been saying that the excise "scam" was done under the protection of CM Kejriwal and the same has now been proven by the ED chargesheet.

The new Delhi liquor policy was withdrawn last year by the AAP government after a CBI probe was recommended into alleged corruption in its implementation.

The court on Thursday took cognisance of the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against five individuals and seven companies in connection with alleged irregularities in the excise policy case, in which Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is an accused.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, senior BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi attacked CM Arvind Kejriwal for alleging that the cases filed by the agency were "fake" and aimed to "topple" governments or form them.

"Anyone trying to question the ED is trying to question the apex court. The judiciary has upheld that ED's job is to mitigate corruption in the country. The way the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is questioning the ED, it is becoming clear that Arvind Kejriwal is with those who increase corruption. Kejriwal does not want corruption to end from the country," she remarked, as quoted by news agency PTI.

She alleged that the ED chargesheet makes it clear that the "AAP has an alliance with unregulated businesses".

"ED has proved through investigation that the AAP was indulging in corruption under the guise of liquor policy. Along with this, the agency also revealed that Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia were also involved in this," she said.

Rs 100 Crore "Kickbacks" Used In AAP Campaign In Goa Polls: ED In Second Chargesheet

The ED in its second charge sheet has claimed that a part of the alleged Rs 100 crore "kickbacks" generated in the scrapped Delhi excise policy were used in the AAP campaign in the 2022 Goa assembly election.

In its charge sheet filed in a special court on January 6, the federal probe agency also alleged that Sisodia was among those who were using mobile phones "purchased in the name of another person" to hide their tracks.

"There are instances wherein accused/suspects have used SIM card issued in the name of other persons and phones purchased in the name of other persons so that when they get caught they may take this excuse that either the SIM card is not in their name or that the phones were not purchased by them and belong to other persons," the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in the charge sheet, as per PTI.