TMC lodges plaint with EC
Sunita Kejriwal were inside the court.
“This is a political conspiracy. The people will give an answer,” Kejriwal said.
Meanwhile, the ED said in its fresh remand plea that Kejriwal was giving evasive replies and not disclosing passwords of his digital devices.
It said statements of three other persons relevant to the case have also been recorded during the remand period.
It said that during the ED custody, Kejriwal was confronted with C Arvind, the then personal secretary to deputy CM Manish Sisodia who was handed over the draft Group of Ministers (GoM) report for the 2021-22 excise policy at the residence of the chief minister.
It said the statement of one of the AAP candidates in the 2022 Goa elections was also recorded
during Kejriwal’s ED custody. It revealed that the candidate did not have any money and his election expenditure was “taken care of by the AAP Office Delhi only through their associates.”
The plea said that during the custody, data from the mobile phone of the chief minister’s wife had been extracted and was being analysed.
“However, data from other four digital devices seized during the search at Kejriwal’s premises on March 21 (belonging to Kejriwal) are yet to be extracted as the arrestee (Kejriwal) has sought time in providing password and login credentials after consulting with his lawyers,” it said.
The application said the movable and immovable property details, income tax returns (ITRs), and other financial details sought from Kejriwal were yet to be provided by the chief minister, or his family members.
The federal probe agency said it had sought the details regarding the appointments made with the chief minister in the online portal in his office.
It said during the interrogation, summonses were issued to senior excise officials in Punjab who were “involved in the arm-twisting of certain (liquor)
wholesalers of Delhi.”
The agency said that when the demand for bribes was not fulfilled, these officials either shut down their factories or did not allow the wholesalers to despatch their goods to Punjab.
The plea said the officials concerned sought time on the summonses, citing the hooch tragedy in Sangrur.
Code of Conduct (MCC) since the PM attempted to sway the voters with monetary benefits, which is a “corrupt practice” and is a form of “bribery” to achieve “undue influence”.
In the second part of the complaint, TMC alleged the BJP candidate Amrita Roy was heard referring to her ancestor (Raja Krishnachandra Roy) who was a king/zamindar.
Trinamool said that Roy’s claim that it was because of the Maharaja that Hindu Sanatana Dharma could be saved is an attempt to acquire votes in the name of religion which is in violation of the MCC.
It added that the references of ‘Krishnachandra Roy’ and ‘Jagat Seth ‘ who are historical persons creating an undue advantage in favour of the BJP.
The party demanded that directions be issued to refrain PM Modi and other BJP members from making any monetary promises and/or announcing new schemes/policies/laws, and from making communal and religious comments.
The help of central agencies will also be taken for this,” he said and added that “we will nab the assailants soon”.