New Delhi, 20 April 2024
The unfolding saga of the so-called liquor scam takes a startling turn as Sarath Chandra Reddy, the prime accused, funneled a staggering ₹50 crore to the BJP following his transition to a government approver. Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, has acknowledged this revelation in a media interview, sparking controversy and scrutiny. Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Shri Sanjay Singh, seized upon Shah’s admission, criticizing the BJP’s acceptance of funds from a key figure implicated in the scandal. Shri Sanjay Singh lambasted Amit Shah’s defense, asserting that the BJP deceitfully evaded accountability while contrasting the unjust treatment faced by AAP leaders despite the absence of evidence. This revelation underscores the need for transparency and accountability in political financing, as questions loom over the BJP’s ethical standards and integrity amidst mounting revelations.
Shri Sanjay Singh stated that yesterday, Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah lied openly on a national TV channel, misled the people of the country and tried to hide the allegations of bribery against BJP, the crime against them. There is solid proof of the money trail, the proof is in front of the entire country and the world, despite that, the Home Minister has blatantly refuted the facts on a national channel. Today I want to bring the complete truth before the country.
“The truth is that Sarath Chandra Reddy, who was tagged as the ‘kingpin’ in the excise policy scam by the ED, who was called the main accused in the entire case by the ED, the same Sarath Reddy has given a bribe amounting to ₹60 crore to the BJP. This is a clear matter of quid pro quo, Sarath Chandra Reddy was released in exchange of donation to the BJP. Action should be taken against BJP leaders for extortion, they should be arrested, but the ED arrests Shri Arvind Kejriwal and Shri Manish Sisodia instead. I was kept in jail for six months. The AAP leaders are being arrested on false charges. More than 500 raids were conducted by ED, and not even a single penny was recovered in these raids, neither Shri Arvind Kejriwal’s house, nor Shri Manish Sisodia’s house. No property was found, no money was found, despite this Shri Arvind Kejriwal and ShriManish Sisodia were arrested. The legal action is only taken against the AAP leaders,” he said.
The AAP Rajya Sabha MP continued, “When we ask them when will the action be taken against the scam done by the BJP, then the ED-CBI, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, J. P. Nadda, and the LG go silent, they don’t say anything. I want to know if there will be two types of law in this country? Action was taken for the AAP without any evidence, and no action was taken for the BJP even after verified proof? This is clearly unjust. And the country’s Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, who clearly admitted on India Today interview that he knew everything, then how did he accept bribe from such a man, who is being tagged as the ‘kingpin’ by their own ED.”
He further stated that I would like to express sincere gratitude and thank the Supreme Court for ordering the SBI to release the details of electoral bonds, because only because of those details, it was revealed that the real culprit in the liquor policy case is the BJP, it is the BJP who took bribe in the excise policy scam. I would like to express my gratitude to the Chief Justice of India that he said that the electoral bonds are unconstitutional, the bench of 5 judges said that it is unconstitutional and illegal, it should be make public. But the PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah are openly defending it. They are standing firmly in favor of bribery and corruption.
Drawing the timeline of the series of donations to the BJP by Sarath Chandra Reddy, he stated that Sarath Chandra Reddy, on getting the liquor contract in Delhi, had donated huge funds to the BJP. He had given several donations to the BJP between November 2021 to July 2022; On January 5, he gave ₹3 crore; On January 12, he gave ₹3 crore; On July 2, he donated ₹1.5 crore, then again on July 12, he gave ₹1.5 crore to the BJP. When Sarath Reddy’s contract was running in Delhi, he was feeding bribes to the BJP. When his house was raided on 9th November 2022, Sarath Reddy said that he had not given bribe to anyone. Sarath Reddy was arrested on 10 November 2022. After which, on 15 November 2022, he again donated ₹5 crore to the BJP. ‘Kamal Chhaap’ liquor scam party BJP, ‘party with a difference’, which calls itself the world’s largest party, took ₹5 crore from Sarath Reddy after his arrest. This raises the question that when Sarath Reddy was in ED custody, how was his bank account running? How was he giving money to the BJP from his bank account during custody?
Sanjay Singh said that a chargesheet filed on January 6, 2023, in which the ED calls Sarath Reddy the ‘kingpin’ of the liquor scam, the ED calls him the main scammer and the biggest profiteer. On January 20, 2023, Sarath Chandra Reddy, during the hearing of his bail plea in Rouse Avenue Court, said that the ED is putting undue pressure and using force on him and his employees to sign pre-dictated statements. He claimed that the accusation of paying ₹100 crores to Delhi government officials is completely baseless and false.
Shri Sanjay Singh mentioned that after spending 6 months in jail, Sarath Reddy retracted his statement on April 26, 2023, and said that he had agreed to pay a part of the bribe of ₹100 crore. Earlier, on January 20, 2023, when he had said that he didn’t give any bribe, the ED opposed his bail and his bail plea was rejected by the lower court. After this, on May 8, 2023, Sarath Reddy approached the High Court and applied for interim bail on the grounds of back pain. This is such a “serious condition” that the ED could not say anything against this disease in the court and he was granted bail. At the same time, the ED vehemently opposes the bail petition filed for Shri Satyendar Jain’s surgery. He was granted bail on May 8, and on 2 June 2023, he became a government witness. After which he donated ₹50 crores to the BJP. However, on Friday, the Home Minister, sitting on the national channel, is lying blatantly to the entire country that Sarath Reddy has donated to our Madhya Pradesh unit and if he (Sarath Reddy) was an accused, then he should not have given the donation.
MP Sanjay Singh addressing the BJP, said that you took bribe from the person whom ED is calling as the main scammer, the kingpin in the charge sheet, how many BJP people have been arrested so far and how many have been interrogated. At the same time, not even a single rupee was recovered from the house of our (AAP) leaders but you put them in jail. Why has no action been taken against the man who has given a total of ₹60 crore during and after his arrest? This means you have accepted that you have taken the money. Madhya Pradesh Unit, Bengal Unit, Tamil Nadu Unit, which unit got the money, only after starting the investigation will we know from whom and how the money was taken. If you knew that the money had been received by Madhya Pradesh Unit, this means you knew that a bribe of ₹55 crore was received. A party got ₹55 crore and it did not even realize it, is the money flowing like water for you people? His accounts were not frozen, his property was not attached. He even gets a pardon from the court.
The senior AAP leader said that this so-called liquor scam has now been exposed before the country like an open book. This liquor scam is ‘Kamal Chhap liquor scam’. And this ‘Kamal Chhap’ liquor scam has been done by the biggest party of the country and the world, the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP is immersed in liquor scam from head to toe. During this, Shri Sanjay Singh also showed the clip of the interview of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He said that Shri Amit Shah has clearly said that becoming a government witness means confessing a crime. But when Sarath Reddy confessed to his crime by becoming a government witness on 2 June 2023, then why did you take ₹50 crore from him on 8 November 2023? This means you should be investigated.
Understand the chronology of BJP-ED nexus:
The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) case against Shri Arvind Kejriwal for the alleged excise scam hinges on a statement by Aurobindo Pharma’s non-executive director, P Sarath Chandra Reddy, given on April 25, 2023.
Sarath Reddy was arrested in the case on November 10, 2022, and on June 2, 2023 Reddy turned approver and granted him pardon.
The new liquor policy was in operation from November 2021 to July 2022, and Sarath Reddy got licenses for five zones in Delhi.
On 9 November 2022, the ED raided Sarath Reddy’s house in the so-called liquor scam and arrested him on 10 November.
After the arrest, Sarath Reddy is given a condition of giving ₹60 crore bribe to the BJP and pre-dictated statement against Shri Arvind Kejriwal.
At first, Sarath Reddy refuses to give a false statement and complains to the court accusing the ED of pressurizing him and his employees.
After being in jail for 6 months, Sarath Reddy, under pressure gives a false statement against CM Shri Kejriwal and on that basis the ED arrests the CM.
When did the BJP take donations from Sarath Reddy?
On January 5, 2022, Sarath Reddy gave Rs 3 crore to the BJP
Gave ₹3 crores on 12 January 2022.
Gave ₹1.5 crores on 02 July 2022.
Gave ₹1.5 crores on 12th July 2022.
Gave ₹5 crores on 15 November 2022
Gave ₹50 crore to the BJP after getting bail.
