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The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday hear a petition by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case linked to the excise policy “scam”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP seem to be marching into the Lok Sabha elections much ahead of their political opponents, in terms of popularity, credibility and resources — as per plan. And, yet, a series of recent events have signalled how the party and government are pushing through the final pieces in the electoral chessboard, some with speed, some with suddenness.
The Urdu dailies have framed it as a chronicle of an arrest foretold. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the eve of the Lok Sabha polls has continued to dominate their front pages and commentary sections. The development has come as a twist in the tale of the grand face-off, with the dailies reading in it the ruling party’s “vendetta and insecurities”. Noting that Kejriwal’s arrest has galvanised a divided Opposition INDIA bloc and provided them a compelling narrative, they also wondered whether it would mark the tipping point in their battle against the BJP.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that Prime MInister Narendra Modi is "afraid of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal" and that the Aam Aadmi Party convenor had become more dangerous after his arrest.
"Why did the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] take a bribe of ₹60 crore from the so-called liquor scam kingpin Sarath Chandra Reddy?" asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a post on X on Sunday. Sarath Chandra Reddy is the director of Aurobindo Pharma Limited. According to reports, Reddy had eventually turned to be an approver in the Delhi Excise Policy case.
Between its show of solidarity with the family of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and statements by leaders of its Punjab unitwelcoming the arrest, the Congress is walking a tightrope in its relationship with INDIA bloc ally, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Ahead of a planned protest by AAP leaders and workers in the national capital on Sunday, the Delhi Police has ramped up security measures, officials said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday took a jibe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his arrest in the excise policy case, saying that ignoring multiple summons is akin to inviting one's own arrest.