
New Delhi, 23 January (H.S.): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Tarun Chugh accused the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday of disseminating blatant falsehoods by claiming Arvind Kejriwal received exoneration in the liquor policy scam, clarifying that the relief pertained solely to a technical summons non-compliance case unrelated to the scam's core corruption or money-laundering probes.
In a media briefing, Chugh dismantled AAP's narrative, emphasizing that ED repeatedly summoned Kejriwal during the liquor policy investigation, which he dodged, compelling the agency to file a complaint under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 174 at Rouse Avenue Court. Friday's court reprieve addressed only this procedural lapse—not the scam's conspiracy, bribery, or laundering allegations—yet AAP weaponizes it politically to mislead the public.
Chugh underscored Kejriwal's continued status as prime accused, with ED and CBI's principal probes advancing robustly amid irrefutable documentary and digital evidence on judicial record. Portraying procedural technicalities as absolution insults both law and truth, he asserted.
Chugh invoked the Supreme Court's established finding of massive illicit fund flows in the liquor scam, channeled by AAP into Goa assembly elections. Falsely equating technical relief with clean chit constitutes legal impropriety and political dishonesty; the law will inexorably deliver justice as evidence compels conviction for the guilty.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar