AMN / NEW DELHI
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. Mr. Singh was arrested following the raid at his residence in the national capital. The MP is the third leader of AAP, who has been arrested in this case. Earlier, AAP leaders Satyender Jain and Manish Sisodia were arrested over the allegation of irregularities in the implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy.
Reacting to it, Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva said after the arrest of Mr. Singh, one thing is clear, the truth cannot be hidden. He alleged that Mr. Singh had taken bribes in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy.
Another BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, the AAP is now terming it as a political vendetta. He added that they are now trying to gain the sympathy of people depicting themselves as innocent.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also reacted over it and termed the arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh as illegal.
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Keriwal on Wednesday visited Sanjay Singh’s residence soon after the latter was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy scam.
The AAP chief met Sanjay Singh’s father, his wife and other family members after the federal probe agency took into custody the Rajya Sabha MP following a 10-hour-long raid.
While speaking to reporters after meeting Sanjay Singh’s family, Arvind Kejriwal slammed the Centre and said that Narendra Modi is the most corrupt Prime Minister of India since independence.
“AAP is a staunch honest party. We all know that the path of honesty is difficult. If we become dishonest like them, then all of our problems will be resolved,” Kejriwal said.
“They (ED officials) searched his entire house but nothing was found and he was arrested in the evening. Elections are coming and after the formation of the INDIA alliance, PM Modi is desperate. They will arrest many people till 2024. Sanjay Singh is a lion. We file a case in court,” he claimed.
Sanjay Singh Singh was placed under arrest under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a day-long questioning. The ED officials swooped on his official residence in North Avenue early this morning and conducted searches.