'500 Raids In 3 Months Yet Nothing Found': CM Kejriwal Amid Fresh ED Raids In Liquor Policy Case

Slamming BJP, CM Kejriwal said: “Due to dirty politics, such officers are losing their precious time. How will the country progress like this?"

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

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After Enforcement Directorate (ED) reportedly launched a massive search operations at over three dozen locations across Delhi and Punjab in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday stated that more than 500 raids have been conducted in three months, "yet nothing has been found."

Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal stated: “500 raids… more than 300 officials have been working 24*7 for three months. They all are trying to find proof against one Manish Sisodia. Nothing has been found, because there is no proof... because nothing was done."

Slamming BJP, CM Kejriwal further wrote: “Due to dirty politics, such officers are losing their precious time. How will the country progress like this?"

500 से ज़्यादा रेड, 3 महीनों से CBI/ED के 300 से ज़्यादा अधिकारी 24 घंटे लगे हुए हैं- एक मनीष सिसोदिया के ख़िलाफ़ सबूत ढूँढने के लिए। कुछ नहीं मिल रहा। क्योंकि कुछ किया ही नहीं

अपनी गंदी राजनीति के लिए इतने अधिकारियों का समय बर्बाद किया जा रहा है। ऐसे देश कैसे तरक़्क़ी करेगा? https://t.co/VN3AMc6TUd

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 7, 2022

He had made similar statements in the past as the inquiry into the liquor policy scandal advanced after Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena urged a CBI investigation in July.

Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, is one of the defendants in the lawsuit. The inquiry has also sparked a significant BJP-AAP standoff, with the opposition party accusing Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of corruption.

However, Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and other AAP officials have denied the charges. In response, they have claimed that the BJP is misusing central investigation agencies, a point that other opposition parties have voiced recently.

Since July, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor has recommended  investigations into several incidents involving the Delhi administration.

He ordered an investigation earlier this week into the government's alleged inability to enforce a Delhi Power Regulatory Commission (DERC) ruling directing direct benefit transfer of electricity subsidy to users.