ED may file charges against CM, Kavitha & others soon
The Enforcement Directorate is likely to file a fresh chargesheet in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case and it may name Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, BRS leader K. Kavitha and some others as accused soon.
A day ahead of the scheduled pronouncement of its order on grant of interim bail to Mr Kejriwal in the money laundering case, the ED told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the right to campaign in an election is neither a fundamental nor a constitutional right.
The official sources on Thursday said a prosecution complaint against half-a-dozen entities, including the two politicians, some linked individuals and companies, has been readied and the agency may file it before a special PMLA court here within the next 4-5 days.
The accused will be charged with money laundering and the prosecution
complaint will be filed under sections 45 and 44(1) of the PMLA, they further said. The agency may also name the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in this chargesheet along with attachment of some fresh assets in the case that was registered in 2022.
AAP sources alleged that the expected complaint was nothing but the BJP’s chargesheet and that the party in power at the Centre only intends to defame Kejriwal.
The ED sources said the agency is expected to charge Mr Kejriwal with “non-cooperation” in its
investigation and being “vicariously” liable for the offence committed by the AAP, being the national convenor of the said party and because of his role and active involvement in the day-to-day affairs and the conduct of the business of AAP.
It may reiterate its earlier charge made against the Delhi chief Minister, before a court, that as the AAP national convenor and member of its national executive, Mr Kejriwal was “ultimately responsible for the funds being used in the election expenses including their generation”.