Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on corruption expenses.
A Delhi Court docket as we speak prolonged the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – who has been in jail since April 1 – until July 3 in a corruption case linked to the Delhi liquor coverage.
The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Mr Kejriwal on March 21 over corruption allegations within the now-scrapped Delhi liquor coverage.
The Supreme Court docket granted him interim bail on Could 10 to marketing campaign for the elections, following which the AAP chief held a flurry of rallies throughout the nation. He returned to the jail on June 2.
The probe company believes that the Delhi Chief Minister performed a key position in drafting the coverage and in search of bribes in return for liquor licences.
The company has claimed the AAP obtained kickbacks of Rs 100 crore that had been then used to fund its Goa and Punjab election campaigns.
The AAP and Mr Kejriwal have refuted all expenses and known as the arrest and case “political vendetta”.
The arrest additionally triggered a political spat between the ruling BJP and the opposition INDIA bloc, which is led by the Congress and of which the AAP is a member.
After Mr Kejriwal’s arrest, his spouse Sunita Kejriwal emerged because the faces of the get together. Ms Kejriwal even delivered a fiery speech at a political rally that included members of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, of which the AAP is a member.
Sunita Kejriwal’s second within the political highlight has triggered discuss she might make a full-time plunge into the house, notably with the Delhi Meeting election due subsequent 12 months.
