Arvind Kejriwal gets bail: CM must resign, says BJP; Congress welcomes verdict

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP on Friday said Delhi Chief Minister CM Arvind Kejriwal should immediately resign from his post as the Supreme Court SC has granted him only conditional bail and that he continues to be an accused in the corruption case linked to the excise policy scamOn Friday the apex court granted bail to Kejriwal in the case lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI and said that prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty reported news agency PTIFollowing the courts order BJP held a press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi The Supreme Court has shown a mirror to kattar beimaan outright dishonest Arvind Kejriwal while granting bail to him He should immediately resign after this said partys national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia during the press conference He added that Kejriwal continues to be an accused in the case as the court has granted him conditional bailNeither have the charges against him been quashed nor has he been acquitted Accused of corruption Arvind Kejriwal has become a chief minister on bail from a chief minister in jail What influence reputation and stature is left of this corrupt chief minister who will have to report to the investigation officer of the case every Monday and Thursday Bhatia questionedHe also said that the people of Delhi deserved a better chief ministerWe demand that he immediately resign as the chief minister else a time will come when people will demand his resignation Bhatia saidBail doesnt mean acquital BJPMorality can not be expected from Kejriwal He has applied Fevicol an adhesive on the chief ministers chair and is sitting on it He is the same person who used to say that one should resign first when facing allegations Bhatia saidBut people are powerful he cautioned the BJP spokesperson said and referred to the case of West Bengal CM Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee bowed down and offered to resign This corrupt Arvind Kejriwal will also have to bow down said BhatiaOn former deputy CM Manish Sisodia hailing Kejriwals bail as a victory of truth the BJP leader said When the kingpin of the liquor scam is out on bail what else will the queenpin sayDelhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said that the court had termed the arrest legalBail has been granted to Arvind Kejriwal today I would like to say that AAP has become jamanati club Supreme Court has made very serious observations it said that Arvind Kejriwals arrest was legal and if it was legal then the court is satisfied with the facts and evidence into the excise policy scam that were presented by investigation agencies before the court Bail does not mean acquittal it is a court procedure and everyone gets bail the biggest example being Lalu Yadav Arvind Kejriwal is not an exception Things are before the court I think the day he is convicted Kejriwal and his aides will be punished If he has any morality left we urge him to resign immediately said SachdevaCases against opposition leaders fake hatched in BJP officeMeanwhile Congress Mumbai head Varsha Gaikwad has welcomed the bail granted to the Delhi CM She said We welcome a judicial process He has been granted bail after 156 days When he had come to Mumbai on bail he had described the manner in which he was being mistreated he was not been given medicines But the way he is fighting he is setting an exampleWATCH Mumbai On bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad says We welcome a judicial process He has been granted bail after 156 days When he had come to Mumbai on bail he had said about the manner in which he is being mistreated he is nothellip pictwittercomnUFnnS7AEUmdash ANI ANI September 13 2024Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD lawmaker Manoj Jha also lauded the SC decision and said that all such cases against the opposition leaders are fake and fictitious and that BJP hatches such conspiracies in its Delhi officeThis had to happen This will happen in every case because all cases were fake fictitious and hatched in the Delhi BJP office Power keeps transferring Listen to High Court observation in the case of Hemant Soren read it and read about todays case It is a slap to not just on ED Enforcement Directorate IT Income Tax and CBI but also to those who plot this said JhaFurther slamming the BJP over misuse of central agencies the RJD Member of Parliament MP said So a clear message has been sent across Be careful tomorrow when you wont be in power these agencies will knock at your doors as well We will feel bad at that time too because there should be no place for vendetta in politics But todays decision is welcome Congratulations to AAP Aam Aadmi Party and its legal teamKejriwal was arrested by ED on March 21 in connection with a money laundering probe relating to the alleged irregularities in the nowcancelled Delhi excise policy 202122 On June 26 Kejriwal was arrested by CBI in the excise case while he was in EDs custodyWith PTI and ANI inputs