In a fiery rebuttal, Delhi BJP chief Virender Sachdeva declared on Thursday that Arvind Kejriwal, the Aam Aadmi Party supremo and ex-Delhi CM, cannot escape the clutches of justice in the explosive Delhi excise policy scam. Sachdeva ripped into Kejriwal for his cryptic X post proclaiming ‘Satyamev Jayate’ after a Delhi court rejected two ED pleas concerning his failure to appear for interrogation.
The post, Sachdeva argued, falsely implies complete vindication in the liquor graft case, when in reality, the court only invalidated the specific summons as procedurally flawed. Far from being cleared, Kejriwal is squarely in the dock as the key figure in a scandal involving favoritism to select liquor vendors, leading to undue financial gains estimated in hundreds of crores.
‘Calling out Kejriwal’s pattern of deception, Sachdeva said the AAP leader has desecrated the motto by equating summons quashing with acquittal. He asserted that the substantive case rages on in court, with damning evidence set to seal Kejriwal’s conviction and jail term.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor piled on, labeling the social media stunt a fresh fabrication aimed at fooling Delhiites and the nation. He explained the legal nuance: post-arrest bail renders prior summons challenges moot, but the ED’s money laundering investigation continues relentlessly.
Background reveals the scam’s genesis in a 2021-22 policy overhaul that allegedly bypassed norms to benefit AAP insiders and liquor cartels. Raids uncovered trails of kickbacks funneled as election funds. With witness testimonies mounting, BJP anticipates a courtroom reckoning, urging voters to see through AAP’s smokescreen of false narratives.