Slamming the BJP for keeping Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal jailed by misusing the ED and CBI, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said today’s decision of the Supreme Court has given a clear message to the country that if someone runs a dictatorship and misuses the agencies, the Constitution will protect him.
The BJP must apologize to the country as it has been exposed before the Supreme Court today for openly misusing the ED and the CBI, said Manish Sisodia, senior AAP leader and former deputy chief minister of Delhi. He said this decision of the Supreme Court is a tight slap on BJP’s face. The court has clearly said that the CBI is working like a caged parrot.
Manish Sisodia and senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh today addressed a joint press conference after the Supreme Court ordered the release of Arvind Kejriwal.
Addressing the media, senior AAP leader and former deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia said the decision given today regarding the release of Delhi’s popular Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is important in many ways. First of all, it is a matter of great relief for the Aam Aadmi Party, the Delhi government, all of us and our families. It is a very emotional moment that our brother, our beloved leader, our political guru Arvind Kejriwal has come out after all the conspiracies of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He said this is not just about Arvind Kejriwal’s bail. Today the Supreme Court has given a very big message to the Bharatiya Janata Party that you will have to stop your dictatorship. “Today, the order of the Supreme Court is a tight slap on the face of the Bharatiya Janata Party that you are misusing the agencies, you have kept the agencies as your caged parrots. The Supreme Court said in very clear words that the CBI is working like a caged parrot,” he said.
Manish Sisodia said this decision of the Supreme Court is not only important for the party, the government or us. The Supreme Court has sent a clear message to the common man of the country. “It has given a clear assurance to the common man that one should not worry if someone acts in a dictatorial manner, if someone misuses the agencies, then the Constitution of the country is there to protect him. The message of the Supreme Court is clear that the Constitution of the country is there to protect every citizen against dictatorship,” he said.
The former deputy chief minister said the Supreme Court has made it amply clear today that neither dictatorship, nor CBI, nor ED will prevail in India; only the Constitution of the country will prevail. This is the clear message from today’s decision of the Supreme Court, he added.
Manish Sisodia said secondly, it is clear from the message of the Supreme Court that the Bharatiya Janata Party was hatching conspiracies to keep Arvind Kejriwal ji in jail by using the CBI and ED like their parrots and mynas. “It was said in the Supreme Court today that the way the CBI arrested CM sahab makes it clear that the CBI was deliberately arresting Kejriwal ji with the intention of keeping him in jail,” he said.
The senior AAP leader said the CBI arrests Kejriwal with the intention of keeping him in jail. “The BJP’s intention was that Arvind Kejriwal should remain in jail. So, when Kejriwal was about to be released in the ED case, he was arrested by CBI under a well thought out conspiracy. The CBI did not arrest him for any corruption. He was arrested because it was the BJP’s intention,” he said.
Demanding an apology from the BJP for its conspiracy to keep Arvind Kejriwal behind bars, Manish Sisodia said we have been maintaining this and today Supreme Court has justified it that the CBI arrested Kejriwal to fulfill the BJP’s intention when he was about to come out in the ED case. “So, the BJP should do some introspection on this, should feel ashamed for misusing the CBI so openly. Today, it has been exposed in the Supreme Court. The BJP should apologize to the country, to the Constitution of the country, to Baba Saheb. The BJP should apologize to the country, to the Constitution of the country, to Baba Saheb for how the BJP misused the agencies and put the elected Chief Minister of Delhi, a staunch and honest man, in jail,” he said.
Manish Sisodia said the Supreme Court’s decision today has exposed the conspiracy that how when Arvind Kejriwal was about to be released from a false case of one agency (ED), they get him arrested by using another agency (CBI).
The former deputy chief minister said the third thing that is very pleasing for all of us is that people love Arvind Kejriwal a lot. “People’s love, Lord Ram’s, Hanumanji’s blessings and the shield of the Constitution of the country are with Arvind Kejriwal. This has become clear today that as long as, all these things are with Arvind Kejriwal, no one can do any harm to a staunchly honest man like Kejriwal,” he said.
Addressing the media persons, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that we have been maintaining it from Day 1 that the entire case (so-called liquor scam) has been built on the foundation of lies. “The dictatorial Modi government at the Centre created a mountain of lies with the ED and CBI to defame Arvind Kejriwal and destroy the Aam Aadmi Party. But first the release of Manish Sisodia, then the bail of all the other people and now the release of our party chief Arvind Kejriwal has proved that the mountain of lies of the BJP has collapsed,” he said.
The senior AAP leader said the Supreme Court made it clear in its decision that when Arvind Kejriwal got bail in the ED case, the CBI woke up after 22 months. The CBI, which had questioned Arvind Kejriwal 22 months ago, woke up to the fact that it now has to arrest him. This shows that his arrest was not made for the ED or CBI investigation. His arrest was made at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Every dictatorship has an end. Dictators bow down, they need someone to bow down. And that person is Arvind Kejriwal, who has earned his popularity by serving Delhi and the country with his honesty, struggle and loyalty,” he said.
Sanjay Singh said Arvind Kejriwal cannot be kept in jail. The BJP cannot break his spirits by keeping him behind bars. “This is a very happy moment for every worker of the Aam Aadmi Party. This is a very happy moment for the entire country and Delhi as well,” he said.
The Rajya Sabha MP said that the release of Arvind Kejriwal will provide a lot of strength to the AAP. “Now we will defeat BJP badly in the election battle of Haryana and Delhi. This campaign will get a lot of strength after Arvind Kejriwal’s release,” he said.
Sanjay Singh said that today once again the Supreme Court has called the CBI the parrot of the government. By using parrots like the ED and the CBI, they cannot destroy Baba Saheb’s Constitution. The Supreme Court’s decision today has proved that the BJP cannot kill democracy by using these agencies. The BJP can neither destroy the elected government of Delhi nor can it end the honesty and popularity of Arvind Kejriwal by misusing these agencies.
He also thanked the political parties who stood by the AAP and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in this hour of crisis. “On behalf of Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal, I express my heartfelt gratitude to all the political parties and INDIA alliance of the country, who supported us in this entire fight,” he said.