The AAP on Saturday claimed there was a hyperlink between one of many witnesses within the Delhi liquor coverage case and the BJP, and challenged the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provoke an investigation into it.
Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, whose son Raghava Magunta Reddy was arrested by the ED within the liquor coverage case, has been fielded by the BJP’s ally, Telugu Desam Celebration (TDP), within the Lok Sabha polls, senior AAP leaders and Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj stated in a press convention.
“I problem the ED whether it is an impartial company to usher in report this connection and probe it,” Atishi stated, including that the BJP had ‘alleged’ connections with the so-called ‘South Foyer’ of liquor merchants.
“(Delhi Chief Minister Arvind) Kejriwal was arrested based mostly on 4 statements, together with by the Maguntas,” the AAP leaders claimed.
On March 21, Kejriwal was arrested by the ED within the liquor coverage case. He’s presently in ED custody till April 1.
“Earlier, one other witness towards Kejriwal within the excise coverage case, Sarath Reddy, had paid Rs 55 crore to the BJP via electoral bonds which proves the get together has a reference to the ‘South Foyer’,” Atishi additional alleged.
She asserted that the ED had been “torturing” the witnesses until it obtained statements from them towards Kejriwal.
Reacting to the questioning of Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot by the ED in the liquor policy case, Atishi stated that extra AAP leaders could also be summoned and “we’re not afraid of going to jail”.
“They could summon me, Bharadwaj and different AAP leaders and arrest us, however we’re not frightened of going to jail,” she stated.
She additionally stated Kejriwal’s arrest was an “assault on democracy” within the nation and the INDIA bloc had opposed it.
The BJP didn’t reply to AAP’s allegations on the time of scripting this story.
In the meantime, the INDIA bloc will hold a ‘maha rally’ in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan as a mark of protest towards Kejriwal’s arrest on March 31 (Sunday). A number of leaders, together with these from AAP, Congress and Trinamool Congress, are anticipated to attend the rally.
(with inputs from PTI)
