Congress chief Ajay Maken has requested the birthday birthday celebration now no longer to “support” and “display any sympathy” to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who become puzzled with the aid of using the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) withinside the Delhi liquor coverage case, as doing so would “confuse” the Congress cadre and “gain” the BJP.
Mr Maken`s remark comes an afternoon after Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge dialled Mr Kejriwal and mentioned the want for competition team spirit to stand the BJP withinside the country wide election subsequent yr.
The Congress leader is stated to have expressed unity with Mr Kejriwal on getting the CBI summons withinside the liquor coverage case, wherein the Delhi Chief Minister’s former deputy Manish Sisodia become arrested remaining month.
Mr Maken’s lengthy assertion on why the Congress need to live farfar from Mr Kejriwal’s issues is possibly to make topics complex amid the decision for competition team spirit.
“I agree with that people like Kejriwal and his friends who face extreme corruption prices need to now no longer be proven any sympathy or support. The allegations of Liquorgate and Gheegate need to be very well investigated and people observed responsible need to be punished,” Mr Maken stated in a assertion, relating to the liquor coverage case and an alleged code word – “15 gm ghee” for ₹ 15 crore in cash – utilized by jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekar in his communique with politicians and middlemen.
“It is crucial for all political leaders, consisting of the ones from the Indian National Congress (INC), to apprehend that the cash received via corrupt manner with the aid of using Kejriwal has been used in opposition to the Congress Party in numerous states, consisting of Punjab, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi,” Mr Maken stated.
Mr Maken, who become Congress leader in 2015, continues to be smarting from the sour defeat Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) introduced to his birthday birthday celebration withinside the Delhi election that yr. The Congress did now no longer win a unmarried seat in Delhi that yr after being in strength for 3 terms.
“Kejriwal based the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2013 with the goal of preventing corruption, following the Anna Hazare movement… Since 2015, Kejriwal and his birthday birthday celebration have did not push for a more potent Lokpal invoice. Instead, they’ve come to be recognized for his or her protests, marches, and counter-allegations best looking for extra strength. Now that CBI or Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Kejriwal, a more potent Lokpal invoice as an alternative should have investigated the Gheegate allegations,” Mr Maken stated.
“In conclusion, I enchantment to succesful advocates and senior running committee members, now guidance committee members, to delight chorus from representing Kejriwal or his authorities in court. While it’s miles inside their expert realm to symbolize anyone, doing so for Kejriwal’s authorities and friends sends the incorrect message to our cadres and confuses them. It in the long run advantages the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the aid of using dividing Congress birthday birthday celebration votes,” Mr Maken stated, request legal professionals withinside the Congress now no longer to assist Mr Kejriwal combat any prison case.
Mr Kejriwal become puzzled as a witness withinside the case which investigators stated concerned corruption in framing the coverage to gain a liquor lobby. He hasn’t been summoned for similarly thinking with the aid of using the critical corporation so far.
The excise coverage become cleared with the aid of using the Delhi authorities after an inquiry become ordered with the aid of using the then Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. The clearance got here after it have been deferred twice. The CBI desires to discover why, amongst different corruption allegations.
The Delhi authorities scrapped the brand new liquor coverage in July 2022, much less than a yr after it become introduced, and reverted to the vintage coverage.
