Arvind Kejriwal will make an enormous revelation within the alleged Delhi liquor coverage rip-off that has roiled the Aam Aadmi Party and led to the Chief Minister’s arrest simply weeks earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha election, his spouse Sunita Kejriwal stated Wednesday morning, in a short riposte to her husband’s critics.

Mrs Kejriwal stated the Chief Minister – arrested by the Enforcement Directorate final week and remanded to judicial custody until April 9 – would reveal the situation of “money from the so-called liquor scam”. She additionally hit out on the Bharatiya Janata Party over assaults on Mr Kejriwal after he issued instructions to Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj, town’s Public Works and Health Ministers.

“Arvindji told me that in the past two years they (referring to probe agencies like the ED) conducted 250 raids in this so-called liquor policy case. He told me that they are searching for the money from this so-called scam… but so far they have not recovered a single paise of illegal money,” she stated.

“They raided (ex-Deputy Chief Minister Manish) Sisodia… they raided (Rajya Sabha MP) Sanjay Singh… they raided (former Health Minister Satyendar) Jain. But they did not find even one paise.”

Mr Sisodia and Mr Singh had been each arrested final yr in reference to the alleged liquor coverage rip-off; the previous has been in jail since February and the latter since October. Mr Kejriwal was taken into custody in dramatic circumstances final week after a Delhi courtroom refused safety from arrest.

The Chief Minister’s arrest triggered livid protests throughout town. Opposition events, together with the Congress and Bengal’s ruling Trinamool, have spoken out in help of the AAP chief.

“They raided us (Mr Kejriwal’s home) also and found only Rs 73,000. So where is all this money from the so-called liquor scam? Arvindji has said he will reveal everything in court (tomorrow).”

“The whole country will bear witness. He said he has proof,” she stated, including that her husband had given her a message to the folks of Delhi. “He said, ‘My body is in jail… but my spirit is with you’.”

She additionally slammed BJP leaders over criticism of the Delhi Chief Minister’s orders from jail; on Monday he had directed Ms Atishi to unravel water provide and sewerage points in elements of town and, on Tuesday, ordered Mr Bhardwaj to make sure a provide of free medicines at Delhi authorities clinics.

Both orders have been red-flagged by the BJP, which claimed that they had been “scripted” to generate sympathy for the jailed Arvind Kejriwal. Senior BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa stated Tuesday he had filed a criticism with the ED and Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena over the “fabricated” orders.

“This is totally illegal and unconstitutional… and a criminal conspiracy against the people of Delhi and the office of the Chief Minister. Kejriwalji is in ED custody and lacks the legal capacity to issue such directives without court permission, which has not been granted,” he stated in a publish on X.

“I went to meet Arvindji in jail yesterday evening. He has diabetes… sugar level is an issue. But he remains determined. Two days earlier he sent an order to Atishiji. Tell me what wrong he did… should he not be aware of people’s problems? But now the centre has attacked your Chief Minister.”

“Does the centre want to destroy Delhi?” she requested.

NDTV is now accessible on WhatsApp channels. Click on the link to get all the newest updates from NDTV in your chat.