'Named In Chargesheet By Mistake?': Kejriwal Slams ED For Dragging Sanjay Singh In Delhi Excise Policy Case

Enforcement Directorate clarified that the name of Sanjay Singh appears four times in the chargesheet where one reference was wrong and typed inadvertently.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a blistering attack on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday and said the entire excise policy case is fake, days after ED claimed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh was named in the chargesheet “by mistake”.

Taking to Twitter, CM Kejriwal wrote, “Does anyone get named in a chargesheet by mistake? It is clear from this that the whole case is fake. Prime Minister is doing this just to defame the most honest party of the country and to stop the fastest growing party under dirty politics. It does not suit them.”

क्या किसी का नाम चार्जशीट में गलती से भी डाला जाता है?

इस से साफ़ है कि पूरा केस फ़र्ज़ी है। केवल गंदी राजनीति के तहत देश की सबसे ईमानदार पार्टी को बदनाम करने और सबसे तेज़ी से बढ़ने वाली पार्टी को रोकने के लिए प्रधान मंत्री जी ऐसा कर रहे हैं। उन्हें ये शोभा नहीं देता। https://t.co/xu5kywg5Fz

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 3, 2023

Meanwhile, AAP claimed the mention of Sanjay Singh in the case was a “deliberate attempt” to defame the party and its leaders.

Addressing a press conference, Delhi Cabinet minister and AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said that the CBI and ED have become "synonyms for harassment, fear, torture, threatening and defaming someone".

"AAP MP Sanjay Singh had announced that he will file a criminal defamation case against two ED officials because they put his name in the charge sheet and later revealed to media that even Sanjay Singh is involved in this concocted scam," Bhardwaj said.

It is to be noted that earlier, Sanjay Singh wrote to the Union finance ministry secretary seeking sanction to prosecute ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra and Assistant Director Jogender Singh for naming him in the excise policy case.

Singh had sent a legal notice to ED seeking an apology, or else face civil and criminal proceedings for allegedly making derogatory claims against him.

 However, later ED clarified the name of Sanjay Singh appears four times in the chargesheet where one reference was wrong and typed inadvertently. “Instead of Rahul Singh, Sanjay Singh was inadvertently mentioned at only one reference,” an ED counsel wrote to Sanjay Singh's lawyer on April 29.

Lashing out at ED, Bharadwaj said, “They said the name was mentioned by mistake. How can this happen? A BJP MP's name didn't come by mistake. It was inserted at the behest of the PMO. This whole alleged scam is fake and the entire case is false. The whole matter is being done to defame Arvind Kejriwal and his government. It is a conspiracy by the Centre. They want to defame the AAP by hook or crook.”