'Kejriwal Will Also Be Arrested': BJP After SC Denies Bail To Manish Sisodia In Delhi Excise Policy Case

After the Supreme Court denied the bail pleas of Manish Sisodia, the BJP slammed the AAP, saying that the top leaders of the AAP, including Arvind Kejriwal, will also be arrested soon.

BJP leader Manoj Tiwari.

Source : PTI

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party after the Supreme Court dismissed the bail pleas of former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in connection with cases pertaining to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped liquor policy case. Speaking on the decision of the apex court, BJP leader Manoj Tiwari said that the top leaders of the AAP, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will also be arrested soon. He further stated that it is evident that the entire AAP is involved in corruption, and their money trail has been established.

"The Supreme Court has rejected Manish Sisodia's bail plea. It is evident that the entire Aam Aadmi Party gang is involved in corruption and their money trail has been established. I am certain that top leaders of AAP will be arrested soon. Arvind Kejriwal will also be arrested," Tiwari said, as quoted by the news agency PTI. 

VIDEO | "The Supreme Court has rejected Manish Sisodia's bail plea. It is evident that the entire Aam Aadmi Party gang is involved in corruption and their money trail has been established. I am certain that top leaders of AAP will be arrested soon. Arvind Kejriwal will also be… pic.twitter.com/29zxqt8XO7

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 30, 2023

The top court, however, directed that the trial should be completed within 6 to 8 months failing which Sisodia would be entitled to apply for bail again within three months.

Speaking on the matter, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said that all the defences of the AAP fell flat on their faces. "After trial court and high court, now the Supreme Court has also denied bail to Manish Sisodia... All the defences of AAP fell flat on their faces...Supreme Court said that a Rs 338 crore money trail has been established...AAP was continuously saying, where is the money trail? They kept lying to the people of this country. How long will Arvind Kejriwal continue to defend these people?," Poonawalla said, as quoted by the news agency ANI.

#WATCH | Delhi: On the Supreme Court rejecting the bail plea of former Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Excise Policy case, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla says, "After trial court and high court, now the Supreme Court has also denied bail to Manish Sisodia... All the… pic.twitter.com/Z29QGZ5JzD

— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2023

Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, “Today, the Supreme Court has differentiated between the truth and the lie and cleared that Arvind Kejriwal and his leaders are the most corrupt people in the country”. 

VIDEO | “Today, the Supreme Court has differentiated between the truth and the lie and cleared that Arvind Kejriwal and his leaders are the most corrupt people in the country,” says BJP leader @mssirsa on AAP leader Manish Sisodia being denied bail by the Supreme Court in excise… pic.twitter.com/3NfzuxTHJO

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 30, 2023

Sisodia, who was first arrested in connection with the case in February, is facing two cases -- one by the CBI and the other by the ED, which is probing the money laundering angle. Pronouncing the order, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti said, "In the analysis there are certain aspects which are doubtful..regarding transfer of Rs 338 crore transfer is established. We have rejected the bail."

"But we have made one pointed observation, which is that they have assured that the trial will be concluded within six to eight months. So within three months, if the trial proceeds sloppily or slowly, he will (Sisodia) be entitled to file an application for bail," Live Law quoted Justice Khanna as saying.

The CBI has alleged that the AAP-led Delhi government's 2021-22 excise policy to grant licences to liquor traders favoured certain dealers who had paid bribes for it. The accusation has been strongly refuted by the AAP and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The policy was later scrapped.