''BJP's Political Vendetta To Win 2024 Election": AAP Lashes Out Against ED Raid On Sanjay Singh (Image: twitter/SanjayAzadSln)
On the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, the party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reacted that the raids are just desperate attempts of BJP, who are certain of their defeat in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
A search operation is currently in progress at the residence of the AAP leader as part of an investigation on a money laundering case associated with the Delhi liquor policy.
“As elections near, all agencies like ED, CBI… will get active”, said the Delhi CM to media. He accused the government as they always initiate various investigations citing scams all the time, but are unable to trace any evidences. “Nothing will be found at Sanjay Singh”s place also”, he added. BJP workers in the meantime held a protest outside the Delhi AAP office demanding the arrest of Mr Kejriwal.
#WATCH | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Enforcement Directorate raid on AAP leader Sanjay Singh in liquor policy case
“…Nothing will be found at his residence. 2024 elections are coming and they know that they will lose. These are desperate attempts by them. As elections near,… pic.twitter.com/s3Uz5HS8MD
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2023
AAP national spokesperson Reena Gupta while addressing the media slammed the government as Sanjay Singh faces an ED raid since he spoke on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his reported connection with business conglomerate Gautam Adani.
#WATCH | Delhi: On ED raids at the residence of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, National Spokesperson AAP Reena Gupta says “Since Sanjay Singh was continuously raising questions on the issue of PM Modi and Adani, this is the reason why raids are being conducted at his residence. Nothing was… pic.twitter.com/7USX2JhIhW
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2023
Another AAP leader Malvinder Singh Kang blamed the central government ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party as they are continuously racing behind the AAP workers to take revenge and torture them. He also accused that the measures taken by BJP using the central agencies are completely part of a “”political vendetta””.
#WATCH | Chandigarh: On ED raids at the residence of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, AAP leader Malvinder Singh Kang says, “The BJP government is continuously behind the AAP party with the feeling of revenge… But till this day not a single penny has been found from the AAP leader”s house,… pic.twitter.com/vhpnCeUWIM
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2023
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha responded the raids as they are not surprising as he expects the series of raids to continue till the 2024 elections. “Yesterday, a raid was on NewsClick and all the journalists, today on Sanjay Singh”, Mr Jha told to the news agency ANI.
#WATCH | Delhi: On ED raids at the residence of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Jha says, “It is sad, but not surprising. Now this series will continue till the election. PM Modi and Amit Shah have made the formal announcement for the 2024 elections. Yesterday, a raid was on… pic.twitter.com/rG3kc6GoXE
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2023
According to Saurabh Bharadwaj, an AAP leader, the ED will remain empty-handed even after doing raids for fifteen months over thousand locations. All are is a “”desperate effort by the BJP government to ensure they come to power again””, he said to ANI.
#WATCH | On ED action against AAP leader Sanjay Singh in Delhi liquor case, Saurabh Bharadwaj says, “ED will be present there from morning till evening, say they have seized mobile phones, laptops and have found evidence. This is their modus operandi. But the reality is that they… pic.twitter.com/F3qA1Esucp
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2023
AAP workers who held a protest in Uttar Pradesh”s Lucknow against the ED raids at Sanjay Singh”s residence were detained by the state police.
#WATCH | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Police detains AAP workers holding a protest against ED raids at the residence of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. pic.twitter.com/biJpD7IplP
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 4, 2023
