After Delhi’s lower court granted bail to Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal saying the ED’s action against him is biased, the BJP and its ED have been exposed in front of the whole country. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sanjay Singh said the panic-stricken BJP rushed its ED to Delhi High Court without even having a copy of the bail order to get a stay.
Addressing the media here today, senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sanjay Singh said yesterday, a historic decision was given by the trial court and today its order was uploaded (on the website) at around 12 noon, its copy was given. And if you read the order of the trial court, then the role of the BJP government and the role of the ED run by the BJP government is completely exposed in front of this country. The court order clearly states that the ED is collecting facts against us in a fabricated manner, the ED presents the documents fabricated in its favour before the court, that is, statements are taken under pressure, arrests are made, government witnesses are made and Shri Arvind Kejriwal is arrested based on that, he added.
Shri Sanjay Singh said the statement that seems necessary to trap Shri Arvind Kejriwal is presented before the court, the one that is in his favour is hidden. “And not only this, but the trial court also clearly said that no facts and proof, no money trail and evidence has been presented of the transactions of Goa election that are being talked about by the ED, that is, only false stories, baseless stories, fake evidence, fake facts are presented,” said the Rajya Sabha MP, adding that the motive is to end the politics of Shri Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party.
The Rajya Sabha MP said the trial court in its order has also mentioned the interim bail order of the Supreme Court and that order says that Arvind Kejriwal has no criminal history, he is not a threat to the society. Arvind Kejriwal’s case is pending in this entire matter since August 2022, Arvind Kejriwal’s name is not in the CBI FIR, Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on 21 March 2024 and whether his arrest is legal or illegal, this matter is still pending before the Supreme Court, the decision on it is yet to come.
Shri Sanjay Singh said if you read each para of this (the trial court) order, you will understand how the Bharatiya Janata Party government, the entire Bharatiya Janata Party, hatched a deep conspiracy and put Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Satyendra Jain, and me in jail. The only aim is to end Kejriwal’s politics, end the Aam Aadmi Party.
The senior AAP leader said when the order came yesterday, the entire ED went into shock. their bosses scolded them and told them to approach the High Court early in the morning and the ED reached the High Court. “I want to ask the Modi government, I want to ask the BJP people, have you lost your mind. The trial court order was not uploaded, the copy of the trial court order was not available, before that you reached the High Court. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing in the history of the judiciary of India,” he reasoned.
The Rajya Sabha MP said even a copy of the (trial) court order was not available, the (high court) judge does not know what is written in the order, even the ED does not know and before that the ED reached the High Court to stop the release of Kejriwal. “What is happening in this country. Prime Minister, will you run the justice system of this country like this? You will always keep pushing your investigation agencies to make a mockery of the law in this way. Prime Minister ji, what a dirty game you want to play by standing behind these investigation agencies,” he said.
Shri Sanjay Singh said till yesterday, the BJP people used to say that the bail was not granted, now it has been granted, so they went to the High Court to stop the bail without the order of the trial court. I believe that the High Court will definitely take cognizance of what has been written in the trial court’s order and on what basis did Shri Arvind Kejriwal get bail. There is a strong basis for his bail and even the trial court judge has in her order quoted the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. “The Chief Justice of the country had said in a conference of trial court and district court judges that people are not getting a decision in the trial court bail cases due to which a lot of bail cases are pending with the High Court and Supreme Court. So, the Chief Justice of the country had also expressed this concern that if the power of the trial court to grant bail is used judiciously, then so many cases will not be pending before the High Court and Supreme Court,” said the Rajya Sabha MP.
Quoting some important statements from the trial court order, Shri Sanjay Singh said that the most important paragraph of this order is paragraph 28. It is written that the court thinks that the ED is acting with bias. Another line in paragraph 24 reads: “ED has failed to clarify as to how much time is required for tracing out the complete money trail. The ED is trying to say that till the time the money trail is traced, Arvind Kejriwal is supposed to stay behind bars, that too without any proper evidence against him. The trial court judge in her order said that this submission is not acceptable.”
The Rajya Sabha MP said another line in paragraph 26 from the same order is “ED is silent on how the proceeds of crime have been utilised by the AAP in Goa Assembly elections. Even after two years, the alleged amount remains to be traced out.” In paragraph 27, it is written that “Material was available with the ED since July 2022, but Arvind Kejriwal was called by the ED only in August 2023, shows mala fide of the ED and the ED has failed to answer this objection. This makes the malicious intention of the ED clear.”
Shri Sanjay Singh further added that the CM’s arrest happened right before the elections, despite the fact that the investigation was going on for two years, he was deliberately arrested just before the elections. He said that Shri Arvind Kejriwal’s name was not in the CBI’s FIR, all these points have been mentioned.
The senior AAP leader stated, “I just want to say that all of you know how difficult it is to get bail in a PMLA case and when regular bail is granted, its basic condition is that the judge should be satisfied that the person who is accused is innocent. This is written in the PMLA. After the ED presented all evidence, witnesses and made arguments, the court issued an order for regular bail, the BJP people should have been ashamed. But they still sent the ED to the High Court without any order.”
Now after this order, the entire Bhartiya Janata Party should keep quiet and apologize to Shri Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party. “The BJP people have committed theft, dishonesty, and corruption. The amount of bribe of Rs 60 crore has become very clear in the case of Sarath Reddy. The bribe in the form of electoral bonds was taken by the BJP people, they should be caught and put in jail,” he concluded
