Excise Policy Case Desperate Attempt by BJP to “Malign Honest Party AAP”: Arvind Kejriwal

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 8th May. The excise policy case is a desperate attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party to “malign an honest party like the Aam Aadmi Party”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated on Monday.

His statements came after a Delhi court granted bail to two of the accused in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with suspected irregularities in the formation and implementation of the now-cancelled Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.

The evidence against the accused, Rajesh Joshi and Gautam Malhotra, was not sufficient, according to the court, for the case against them to be declared prima facie “genuine.”

In a tweet, Kejriwal said, “The whole liquor scam is false. We were saying it from beginning. Now even courts have started saying it. It’s a desperate measure by BJP to malign an honest party like AAP.” Reacting to the court order, the AAP had said on Saturday that it showed that the entire case is “bogus”, and asked the BJP to tender an apology for levelling false allegations.

The BJP, on the other hand, accused senior AAP leaders of making a “twisted and misleading” reference to the court ruling and demanded that contempt of court proceedings be initiated against them.