Delhi minister Atishi on Tuesday accused the ED of becoming a political weapon for the led center and claimed that the agency’s assertion that BRS leader K Kavitha was involved in paying Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders for favors in the now scrapped excise policy, which the Supreme Court dismissed. Addressing a press conference, she alleged that the federal probe’s agency action was aimed at stopping Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from campaigning in the Lok Sabha Polls.
Kavitha, the MLC daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, was arrested by the ED last week from her home in Hyderabad, and she’s in federal probe agency custody till March 23rd, 2024. In a statement on the day, ED stated that Kavita, along with others, was conspiring with the top leaders of APP to get favors in the Delhi excise policy formulation and implementation.
The agency said, “In exchange for these favors, she was involved in paying Rs 100 crore to the leaders of AAP,”
Going against the allegations, Atishi stated, “ED is acting like a political party instead of a Central probe agency. It is also a big question as to why the ED is doing this under pressure. The ED has now become a political weapon of the BJP,” she alleged. Atishi also said that the BJP fears only one opposition leader, Kejriwal.”
In another press conference, her cabinet colleague her cabinet colleague Saurabh Bharadwaj echoed similar views and stated that Kejriwal’s questions make the BJP uncomfortable. Referring to an order issued by Justice Sanjeev Khanna of the Supreme Court on October 30th, 2023, Bharadwaj said that the judge clearly said that the allegation of Rs 100 Crore transaction by the ED is somewhat a matter of debate, and no evidence or facts have been given by the federal agency in the court in this regard.
