New Delhi: congress and bjp Former Delhi chief minister’s acquittal sparks strong reaction on Friday Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on the Delhi excise policy case.However, AAP’s on-again, off-again India Bloc ally Congress has expressed displeasure over the leader’s removal, alleging that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was an “Icchadhari Naag” using the central inquiry agency for political purposes.Congress leader Pawan Khera claimed KejriwalReleasing the bill ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab and Gujarat is part of a “strategy” to “weaken” the age-old party.
Cong calls BJP ‘Icchadhari Naag’
In a post on “BJP is not a political party. It is a shape-shifter, a wish-fulfilling snake – Icchadhari Naag. It will do whatever it takes to achieve one obsessive goal: to defeat the Congress – Congress Mukt Bharat,” Kaira said.“For 12 years, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party” has been spewing venom at the TMC. What now? Narendra Modi himself praised it — not out of respect, but as a cheap shot at the Congress,” he posted on X.“Elections are coming soon. So the script is predictable. Cases against Congress leaders will suddenly accelerate and at the same time, cases against their convenient ‘allies’ in AAP and others will quietly fade away in view of the elections in Gujarat and Punjab,” Kaira said. He added that P Chidambaram has been dragged back into the limelight due to the upcoming polls in Tamil Nadu.“This is the BJP’s playbook: vendetta is governance and institutions are campaign tools,” he further claimed.His remarks came after a Rouse Avenue court acquitted Kejriwal and Sisodia of all charges in corruption charges related to the Delhi Expenditure Policy case.A visibly emotional Kejriwal, speaking to reporters outside the court, praised the verdict as “the truth will always prevail”.“We have always said that the BJP treats the investigative agency like its own cadre. With elections in Punjab and Gujarat around the corner, Arvind Kejriwal emerges after being purged from the “washing machine” as the real goal of the BJP is a Congress-less India. It’s all about elections and how to weaken Congress. This is the only aim of the BJP,” Hera told reporters.
BJP says ‘legal process is far from over’
The BJP, however, insists the legal battle is not over yet. Amit Malviya, the head of the BJP’s IT cell, said the kickback charges were serious and argued that the acquittal was handed down by a lower court.He noted that high courts, including the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India, had issued strong opinions in related proceedings. “It remains to be seen whether this judgment will withstand scrutiny by the High Court. The legal process is far from over,” he said.Malviya also questioned why the Delhi government canceled the excise policy after irregularities were discovered and expressed concern over the alleged destruction of mobile phones and SIM cards.BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said, “The lower court acquitted him without evidence. It was a technical issue and it was right that hundreds of mobile phones and SIM cards were destroyed…” “The CBI will take appropriate steps to address the issue of destruction of evidence. As far as the parties are concerned, it will give a structured reply after getting all the details… If the entire allegations are baseless, how can the court allow them to be framed?…” he added.
