The Delhi BJP on March 23 slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for protesting against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying the party has lost all moral grounds as its leader has been arrested in a "corruption" case. Mr. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 23 in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi government's excise policy 2021-22, which has now been scrapped. A court sent Mr. Kejriwal to ED custody till March 28 in the case.
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Mr. Kejriwal knew the corruption happened in framing and executing the Excise policy as his former deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP MP Sanjay Singh went to jail for it, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said. "He [Mr. Kejriwal] skipped nine Enforcement Directorate summonses. He will now have to answer to the ED because he was involved in corruption that is why he has been arrested," he said. There is an old saying "Chor Machaye Shor" (the culprit makes a lot of noise to cover up crime) and the AAP's "shameless" protest against the arrest of Kejriwal is a fitting example, the BJP leader said. The AAP and its leaders are "crying" over Kejriwal's arrest but they have lost all moral grounds, and the people of Delhi have lost faith in them, he said.
