Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will remain in Tihar jail till April 15 in the liquor excise case. He was sent to jail on Monday. Two incidents took place on Tuesday – Minister Atishi alleged that an offer was sent to him through one of his close associates to join the BJP camp, otherwise he would also be arrested within a month. Atishi also alleged that the ED is planning to arrest him, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Raghav Chadha and Durgesh Pathak within a month. On Tuesday itself, relief news came from the Supreme Court for MP Sanjay Singh. The court ordered to release Sanjay Singh on bail. Sanjay Singh was in Tihar jail for the last six months. After being in ED remand for 11 days, Kejriwal being sent to Tihar Jail for 15 days was not as big a deal as ED’s disclosure in the court that Kejriwal had taken the names of Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj during interrogation. ED told the court that during interrogation, Kejriwal said that he knew Vijay Nair a little but Vijay Nair did not report to him, Vijay Nair actually reported to Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi. According to ED, Vijay Nair is the person whose role ranged from drafting to implementation of the liquor policy. Vijay Nair is accused of sending the money received as bribe in liquor policy to Aam Aadmi Party. ED told the court that during interrogation, Kejriwal said that he did not talk to Vijay Nair much, he did not even know that Vijay Nair used to work from his camp office. ED claims that Kejriwal told that Vijay Nair used to report to Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi.
On behalf of ED, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju said that Kejriwal is not cooperating in the investigation. ED said that Arvind Kejriwal has refused to give the passwords of the digital devices which were seized from his house. At the same time, when the social media conversations seized from Vijay Nair and other accused were shown to Kejriwal, he said that he did not have any information. Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal was also present in the court on Monday. Ever since Arvind Kejriwal was arrested, Sunita Kejriwal has been very active. She has become the face of Aam Aadmi Party. Sunita Kejriwal attended the anti-Modi front rally on Sunday and sat next to Sonia Gandhi on the stage. After Kejriwal’s appearance on Monday, Sunita Kejriwal said that even after 11 days of interrogation, Kejriwal was not released because BJP does not want him to come out till the Lok Sabha elections but the people of the country will answer it. But what is being discussed the most now is that why did Kejriwal take the names of Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi in the liquor scam case? ED’s claim is that out of the amount received from the liquor scam, Rs 45 crore was used by the Aam Aadmi Party in the Goa assembly elections. At the time of assembly elections in Goa, Atishi was in-charge of Aam Aadmi Party in Goa. At that time, he had written several letters to the Election Commission in this capacity. Apart from this, Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP ND Gupta had also told ED during interrogation that only Goa’s party in-charge Atishi was aware of how much money was spent in the Goa elections and where it was spent.
Kejriwal was certain to go to jail, he himself knew this. That is why he ignored 9 summons of ED. He wanted to somehow postpone the arrest till the Lok Sabha elections but his wish could not be fulfilled. The surprising thing is why Kejriwal took the names of Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi Singh in front of ED? Kejriwal also understands that now both of them can be summoned and called for questioning, then why put the two most active leaders in this trouble at the time of elections? Some people even say that Kejriwal wants both of them to be arrested. After this, people from his party will be able to say that the Modi government wants to keep their party away from the elections. After Kejriwal went to jail, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi Singh were defending Kejriwal and were holding press conferences daily. Both were present in the court on Monday also. These two leaders are such in the Aam Aadmi Party who could have been contenders for the post of Chief Minister after Kejriwal goes to jail. That’s why some people are also saying that if the names of these two also figure in the liquor scam, then there will be no name other than Sunita Kejriwal for the post of Chief Minister. That is why Kejriwal has taken this step to clear the way for his wife. However, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi were also surprised after ED’s revelations in the court. Both of them neither held a press conference nor gave any statement, but by the evening Atishi surprised everyone by writing on Twitter that she would make a big revelation on Tuesday morning. But those who know the Aam Aadmi Party closely say that no one should expect that Atishi will say anything against Kejriwal. However, what is the reality, what is in Kejriwal’s mind, no one knows except him. (Rajat Sharma)
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