Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi LG Vinay Saxena.
Tensions between the Delhi Lieutenant Governor and Aam Aadmi Party leaders have once again heightened ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections. On one hand, while sources related to the LG office said that LG has given necessary approval to ED to take action in the GST case against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on the other hand, Aam Aadmi Party leaders claimed that the Lieutenant Governor Spreading confusion and not giving approval. If provided, put a copy up front.
Manish Sisodia, a co-accused in the excise case and former deputy chief minister of Delhi, said if LG Vinay Saxena had given permission to prosecute Arvind Kejriwal, then why did the ED not produce a copy of the permission? It is clear that this news is false and misleading.
Sisodia said stop using rhetoric to divert attention from the issue of insulting Babasaheb and show where is the sanction for ED prosecuting him?
Sisodia Kejriwal has appealed to the High Court
Recently, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia told the Delhi High Court that the agency has not received the required approval to hear the case and therefore the ongoing proceedings before the trial court should be stayed. The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Education Department in the matter and sought its reply. The next hearing in the case will be held in February 2025.
Let us tell you that the Enforcement Directorate arrested the then Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 and filed charges against him, the party and others in May.
On December 5, ED sought approval from Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena. In the latest charge sheet, the ED named Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia as the masterminds of the Delhi liquor scam.
The agency alleged that Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia made changes in the GST policy for 2021-22 to help the southern lobby and allegedly paid a bribe of Rs 100 crore. AAP spent Rs 45 crore out of Rs 100 crore bribe for Goa assembly election campaign.
