AAP calls ED claims 'blatantly false', says will take action for defamation

The Aam Aadmi Party AAP refuted the allegations of the Enforcement Directorate ED in the alleged Delhi Jal Board DJB scam case calling them blatantly false and said it would take legal action against the investigating agency for defaming the party reported news agency ANIThe response came on Wednesday a day after the central agency conducted searches on the premises of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals personal assistant and others in connection with the Delhi Jal Board corruption caseAAP calls ED claims blatantly false We condemnThe ED in a press release alleged on Wednesday that investigation and digital evidence revealed that a former chief engineer of the Delhi Jal Board DJB passed on the bribe money to persons connected with AAP among others and that the money was also passed on to AAP as election funds reported ANIIn response to the searches and the central agencies statement on the same the Aam Aadmi Party released an official statement refuting the claimsWe condemn any kind of wrongdoing done by DJB officials or its contractors if proven true We also condemn the EDs blatantly false allegation that AAP or its leaders have anything to do with this case Not a single penny or piece of evidence has been recovered from the AAP leaders who were raided yesterday by ED partys official statement said on Wednesday Its clear that the Modi government is a big believer in Hitlers ideology If you repeat a lie a thousand times people will start believing in it the statement from the AAP said reported ANIThe statment attacked the agencies under the central government and said that none of the cases filed against AAP leaders had been proven in courts and that the only purpose of the these investigations was to create a media sensationAAP calls ED claims blatantly false Modi government and their mayajaal of agenciesAs per AAPs official statment Over last 10 years Modi government and their mayajaal of agencies like ED and CBI have filed over 230 cases against AAP leaders Yet not a single one has been proven in courts This shows their only purpose is to defame CM Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party by creating a media sensation every day reported ANIBy yet again naming AAP without any evidence ED has proven it is nothing but a mouthpiece of the BJP We will take legal action against the ED for defaming AAP it added reported ANIAAP calls ED claims blatantly false Ayushman Bharat scam or Bharatmala project scamThe official statement also attacked the Enforcement Directorate and questioned why the central agency did not investigate scams such as the Ayushman Bharat scam or Bharatmala project scam reported ANIIf the ED was really keen on tackling corruption and money laundering why is it that there is no investigation into scams of the Modi government revealed by the CAG like the Ayushman Bharat scam or Bharatmala project scam where a km of road was built for 250 Cr instead of 18 cr it said reported ANICalling out Bharatiya Janata party leaders the official statement by AAP said Why is it that ED has stopped investigating corrupt people like Chagan Bhujbal Narayan Rane Ajit Pawar and Suvendu Adhikari just because they have aligned with BJP reported ANIThe ED had initiated the investigations on the basis of an FIR registered by the CBI for offences related to corruption or bribery in the DJBEarlier on February 1 Delhis Rouse Avenue Court granted fourday custody of Jagdish Arora and Anil Agarwal to the Enforcement Directorate EDThis case is related to irregularities in awarding a Delhi Jal Board tender for the supply of electromagnetic flow metersIt is alleged that the accused awarded the Delhi Jal Board DJB contract for supply Installation Testing and commissioning SITC of electromagnetic flow metres and corresponding OampM operations for five years to MS NKG Infrastructure Ltd on September 20 2018 for a total negotiated cost of Rs 380233080 despite the fact that the company did not meet the technical criteriaWith inputs from ANI