The allegations within the Delhi excise coverage case are severe and should be probed, the Congress stated on Monday, as a courtroom despatched former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia to judicial custody until March 20.
Asserting that its stand on the “misuse” of central businesses towards opposition leaders is evident, the celebration additionally condemned the CBI “raid” on the residence of former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi.
Earlier within the day, a courtroom right here despatched Sisodia to judicial custody until March 20 within the Delhi excise coverage case after the CBI stated it didn’t require the custody of the senior AAP chief for now.
The CBI had arrested Sisodia final week in reference to alleged corruption within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor coverage for 2021-22.
Asked why the Congress was “confused” about its stance on the difficulty, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate stated, “We are not at all confused, our stand is clear. We condemn the CBI raid at Rabri Devi’s residence… It is no coincidence that Enforcement Directorate cases have increased four times since 2014 and 95 per cent cases are against opposition leaders.”
A CBI group visited Rabri Devi’s residence in Patna for questioning her in reference to the land-for-jobs rip-off on Monday. The group reached Rabri Devi’s 10, Circular Road residence at round 10:30 AM and spent 5 hours inside.
The CBI stated that no search or raid passed off at Rabri Devi’s residence.
“Our stand… Is clear that the agencies are misused to target the Opposition. But… It is the truth that the Delhi liquor policy was being formulated at a time Delhi was gasping for breath during the pandemic. If this policy would not have been withdrawn, there would have been a liquor store under every house in complete disregard of women’s security,” Shrinate stated at a press convention right here.
“So how will questions not arise? Questions will also be raised because when these agencies act against other opposition leaders, be it our leaders, those in Bihar or Maharashtra, the Aam Aadmi Party does not utter a word,” she stated.
The AAP has to resolve whether or not it’s the BJP’s “B-team” or with the Opposition, and whether it is with the Opposition, it ought to stand by different events on all points, the Congress chief stated.
When the complete Opposition was supporting the Congress when a “conspiracy” towards its leaders was being hatched by the ED, why did the AAP not be a part of, she requested.
“The biggest hypocrisy is on the part of the BJP. You had seven MPs and eight MLAs, you had many councillors, but when the liquor policy was being formulated everyone was a silent spectator. Look at the list of beneficiaries of AAP’s policy, the majority were BJP donors,” Shrinate alleged.
“Our stand is clear, the allegations (in the excise policy case) are very serious, we are the original complainant, and they should be probed. But in the same breath, we would say that these agencies are used against the Opposition in most of the cases,” she stated.
Recently, 9 opposition leaders, together with Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and Ok Chandrashekar Rao, wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging “blatant misuse” of central businesses towards members of the Opposition.
The different signatories to the letter are Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Farooq Abdullah (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena UBT) and Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party).
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