AAP accuses BJP, CBI of 'conspiring' to keep Arvind Kejriwal in jail
The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday slammed the BJP and central probe agency CBI for allegedly conspiring to keep Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in jail in the excise policy case.
No immediate reaction was available from either the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the BJP on the AAP's charges.
Senior AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Atishi alleged that the CBI sought time from the Supreme Court to file a reply on Kejriwal's bail plea, but "planted" it in newspapers.
"The CBI says in court that its reply on the bail plea is not ready and so the hearing of bail be extended by 14 days. The same day the CBI's reply is given to the media so that it can become a one-sided headline in the newspapers," Sisodia posted on X in Hindi.
"The CBI is dancing like a puppet on the BJP instructions to keep Arvind Kejriwal in jail," he added.
The senior AAP leader asserted that the conspiracies being hatched for "headline management" will fail and truth and honesty will win one day. The agen