AAP accuses BJP of fabricating stories about Delhi liquor policy case

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of targeting its leaders with fabricated stories about the Delhi liquor policy case, reported The Times of India.

In a statement, the Aam Aadmi Party said that a special court, while granting bail to Kejriwal in a money-laundering case linked to the liquor policy, said that the Enforcement Directorate was “not acting without bias”.

The court also said that the law enforcement agency had failed to produce evidence to support its case.

“BJP, through its agencies, continues to concoct unsubstantiated stories without any evidence,” Kejriwal’s party alleged. “It has been over two years of hounding of AAP leaders but not a penny has been recovered to date.”

“The lead PMLA [Prevention of Money Laundering Act] court clearly stated that no evidence has been found in the alleged liquor scam and subsequently granted bail to CM Kejriwal,” the party said.

On Tuesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation claimed to a Delhi court that Kejriwal had promised Rs 90 lakh to 40 of his party’s candidates who contested the 2021 Goa assembly elections, reported The Indian Express.

The central agency alleged that the funds would have come from “bribe money” that the party received from a “South Group” in exchange for favours while drafting the now-scrapped excise policy.

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