Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addressed the Rouse Avenue Court today, refuting media reports citing CBI sources alleging he implicated Manish Sisodia. Kejriwal clarified, “It is being shown in the media, citing CBI sources, that I have put the entire blame on Manish Sisodia in a statement. I have not given any statement that Sisodia is guilty or anyone else is guilty. I have said Sisodia is innocent, AAP is innocent, and I am innocent.”
Kejriwal accused the CBI of sensationalizing the issue. He said, “Their entire plan is to defame us in front of the media. Please record that all these have been run in media through CBI sources.”
Kejriwal accused the CBI of sensationalizing the issue, saying, “It needs to be clarified. This will be the top headline in all the newspapers. They aim to sensationalize the matter.”
This is dictatorship, this is emergency: Sunita Kejriwal on Delhi CM’s arrest
Following the arrest of the Delhi CM by CBI, Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita, alleged that the whole system was trying to ensure that her husband did not come out of jail and stressed that all this is akin to “dictatorship” and “emergency.”
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed that the BJP panicked and got Kejriwal arrested in a “fake case” by the CBI when there was a possibility of Kejriwal getting bail from the Supreme Court in the money laundering case.
Kejriwal has been in prison since April 1 in connection with the excise policy-linked money laundering case being probed by the ED.
On May 10, the Supreme Court granted Kejriwal interim bail for 21 days to campaign for the Lok Sabha 2024 elections. He returned to prison on June 2.
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Published: 26 Jun 2024, 04:44 PM IST
