'Undeclared Emergency': AAP Slams Centre Over Sanjay Singh's Arrest, Stages Protest — Top Points

Amid the protest by AAP workers against the arrest of Sanjay Singh, party leader Atishi Marlena said that there is an undeclared emergency in the country.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Marlena.

Source : PTI

A day after the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh, party leader Atishi Marlena said on Thursday that there is an undeclared emergency in the country. She slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that the saffron party knows that it will lose the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. AAP workers held a protest at the party headquarters against Singh's arrest.

Sanjay Singh was arrested on Wednesday following the raid by the Enforcement Directorate at his residence in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. Speaking on the raids at Singh’s residence, the AAP leader said that nothing was recovered from Sanjay Singh's house in the ED's raid, yet he was arrested.

"Since the last four days, an undeclared emergency has been implemented in this country... First, raids were conducted on the houses of journalists, and they were detained... TMC MP Mahua Moitra was detained... Nothing was recovered from Sanjay Singh's house in the ED's raid, yet he was arrested... This is an undeclared emergency because the BJP knows they will lose the upcoming Lok Sabha elections... AAP is doing a peaceful protest, but the police are brutally beating our party workers...The same thing happened in an emergency, and today the same thing is happening in an undeclared emergency," Atishi said, as quoted by the news agency ANI.

#WATCH | Delhi: Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi says, "Since the last four days, an undeclared emergency has been implemented in this country... First, raids were conducted on the houses of journalists, and they were detained... TMC MP Mahua Moitra was detained... Nothing… pic.twitter.com/MuXhAMH0rE

— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2023

Here Are Top Points:

• Aam Aadmi Party workers got into a scuffle with police during the protests against Sanjay Singh's arrest, as reported by the news agency ANI.
• Speaking on the protest by AAP, Special CP Law and Order Dependra Pathak said that the police are present here to maintain the law and order professionally. We are in communication with the organisers. "It is a protest by the Aam Aadmi Party. The crowd is gathering gradually. Police are present here to maintain the law and order professionally. We are in communication with the organisers. We will make sure that law and order are maintained...  We will try to contain the protestors," Pathak said, as quoted by ANI.
• The AAP on Thursday accused the Centre of trying to silence its MP Sanjay Singh by arresting him and challenged the BJP-led Union government to make public any evidence they have against him.
• Addressing a press conference here, senior AAP leader Atishi claimed that over 500 officers of the ED and CBI conducted raids at various places linked to the AAP leaders in the last 15 months but “haven't found a single evidence” against them.
• Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, along with his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, visited the family members of AAP MP Sanjay Singh.
• Kejriwal took to Twitter to condemn the arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, asserting that it is "completely illegal". "This shows Modi Ji's desperation," Kejriwal's tweeted, "This shows Modi Ji's desperation. They will arrest many more opposition leaders..."
• Sanjay Singh's name appeared in the ED's charge sheet, which detailed his alleged involvement with a middleman named Dinesh Arora. Arora claimed to have met Singh at an event at Unplugged Courtyard, his restaurant. According to the charge sheet, in 2020, Singh allegedly asked Arora to assist restaurant owners in raising funds for the Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi assembly election campaign, which resulted in an 82 lakh cheque being issued for this purpose.
• The Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22, which granted liquor traders licences, was accused of allowing cartelization and favouring certain dealers who allegedly paid bribes for it. The AAP categorically denied this charge. The policy was later repealed, and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi recommended a CBI investigation. In response, the ED opened an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).