‘Did Robert Vadra, Rahul Gandhi go to jail?’ Kejriwal hits back as Congress questions relief in liquor policy case | India News – The Times of India

Arvind Kejriwal (PTI photograph)

NEW DELHI: The political tremors from the Delhi excise policy verdict rippled past the courtroom on Friday as the Congress lashed out on the ruling BJP, alleging that Arvind Kejriwal’s discharge was timed towards the backdrop of the Gujarat and Punjab elections.Kejriwal, who had briefly allied with the Congress forward of the 2024 common elections, hit back at his former ally, accusing it of having “no disgrace” and drawing a distinction between AAP leaders going to jail and the Congress excessive command remaining out of authorized clutch.

Quickly after a Delhi courtroom granted relief to Kejriwal in the alleged liquor rip-off case, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera attacked the BJP, likening it to an “Icchadhari Naag” (form-shifting serpent).In a put up on X, he alleged that the BJP was deploying central companies as “marketing campaign instruments” with key state elections approaching, calling it “vendetta as governance.”Khera argued that the BJP’s ideological positions had been secondary to its “obsessive objective”: the realisation of a “Congress-Mukt Bharat.” He cited what he described as the celebration’s “fluctuating relationship” with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as proof of political opportunism.“The BJP is just not a political celebration. It’s a form-shifter, a wishful serpent – Icchadhari Naag. It’s going to stoop to any stage for one obsessive objective: defeat Congress – Congress Mukt Bharat. For 12 years they spewed venom on the TMC. And now? Narendra Modi himself is showering it with reward – not out of respect, however to land an inexpensive blow at Congress,” Khera’s put up learn.Khera additionally predicted that instances towards Congress leaders would intensify as elections draw nearer, citing senior chief P Chidambaram as an instance.“Elections are coming. So the script is predictable. Circumstances towards Congress leaders will out of the blue speed up – @PChidambaram_IN has already been dragged back into the highlight as a result of Tamil Nadu goes for polls,” he wrote in the put up.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) not too long ago granted prosecution sanction towards Chidambaram in the Aircel Maxis Deal and INX Media instances.“In the meantime, proceedings towards their “handy allies” in the AAP and others will quietly vanish in gentle of the Gujarat and Punjab elections,” he wrote on X.Describing the developments as half of the “BJP playbook,” Khera alleged that the ruling celebration makes use of central companies as “marketing campaign instruments”.“That is the BJP playbook: vendetta as governance and companies as marketing campaign instruments,” he mentioned.

Kejriwal hits back with ‘Congress has no disgrace’ comment

Responding to the Congress’ remarks, Kejriwal focused Pawan Khera, who recommended that the narrative was being pushed to politically nook the Congress forward of the Punjab and Gujarat elections.Questioning what number of Congress leaders had gone to jail, the AAP supremo mentioned the celebration had “no disgrace.”“I would like to ask the Congress – Kejriwal went to jail. Did Robert Vadra go to jail? Sanjay Singh went to jail. Did Rahul Gandhi go to jail? Sanjay Singh went to jail. Did Sonia Gandhi ji went to jail? What’s Congress saying? Does it don’t have any disgrace?” Kejriwal requested.The political alternate adopted an in depth order from a Particular Court docket in Delhi, which held that the prosecution had failed to disclose “even the brink of a prima facie suspicion, far much less the grave suspicion” required for framing of prices in the CBI case linked to the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.In a strongly worded ruling, Particular Choose (PC Act) Jitender Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court docket mentioned the prosecution’s case was “legally infirm, unsustainable, and unfit to proceed any additional in regulation”.The courtroom additional noticed that when the fabric collected by the company was examined on admissibility, relevance and probative worth, “the looks of a coherent conspiracy dissolves,” exposing the allegations as being based on inadmissible materials and put up-facto reconstruction.Amongst these discharged are Arvind Kejriwal, and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others.The courtroom was additionally essential of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) reliance on approver statements, cautioning that granting pardon to an accused after which utilizing his testimony to fill gaps in the prosecution’s case or implicate extra accused would undermine constitutional safeguards.The FIR in the case was registered in August 2022 following a grievance by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, alleging that the now-scrapped excise policy was designed to favour choose liquor licensees by lowering licence charges and fixing revenue margins, main to kickbacks and losses to the exchequer.