NEW DELHI: AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday reacted sharply to the arrest of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in an alleged corruption case linked to the Delhi Jal Board. He accused the BJP of concentrating on them and calling the motion a part of its “dictatorship”.Jain was arrested by the Delhi authorities’s Anti-Corruption Department (ACB) in reference to alleged irregularities within the tendering course of for the augmentation and upgradation of sewage remedy vegetation of the Delhi Jal Board. 5 others had been additionally arrested within the case, together with former DJB CEO Udit Prakash Rai, former contractual marketing consultant Ankit Srivastava and three personal people.Reacting to the arrest, Kejriwal mentioned, “Satyendra Jain ji has as soon as once more been arrested on the behest of the BJP. Simply a short time in the past, everybody nonetheless remembers the ordeal they put him by means of by throwing him in jail. The earlier case was fabricated too, and this case may also be confirmed to be pretend.”Kejriwal accused the BJP of utilizing false expenses to imprison individuals and questioned who would compensate these subjected to imprisonment and alleged psychological harassment.“How lengthy will the BJP’s dictatorship proceed like this? Whoever they really feel like, they slap false expenses on and toss into jail. Their lies will as soon as once more be uncovered earlier than the nation, however who will compensate for the time spent in jail and the psychological torture endured?” he mentioned.The AAP chief additional mentioned the BJP had crossed a threshold with the arrest and claimed that the Modi authorities would finally lose energy.
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“The cup of the BJP’s sins has now overflowed. Irrespective of how a lot dictatorship they resort to, the tip of the Modi authorities is now sure. Your complete Aam Aadmi Social gathering and the individuals of the nation stand firmly with Satendra Jain ji,” Kejriwal mentioned.The ACB has arrested six individuals within the case, in keeping with an official cited by information company ANI. The arrests stem from an FIR registered on Might 11, 2024, following a grievance by the Directorate of Vigilance, Authorities of Nationwide Capital Territory of Delhi.The case was registered beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code, together with allegations of bribery, prison breach of belief, dishonest and prison conspiracy.The investigation considerations alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender situations and prison conspiracy within the tendering course of associated to the Delhi Jal Board’s sewage remedy plant initiatives.
