Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi with party leader Priyanka Kakkar addresses a press conference on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
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“The money trail of liquor scam goes to BJP, not to Aam Aadmi Party. Now, I challenge PM Modi; make BJP the main accused in the scam. And ED should arrest JP Nadda,” the AAP leader said.
New Delhi. A day after AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal was remanded in custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), party leader Atishi hit out at the BJP-led Central government accusing it of taking donations in the form of electoral bonds from companies that are linked to the excise policy case.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday, Atishi said: “Under the new excise policy in Delhi, Aurobindo Pharma owner Sharat Chandra Reddy got some zones to sell liquor. He also owns APL Healthcare and EUGIA Pharma. On November 9, Sharat Chandra Reddy gave a statement that he had neither given money to Arvind Kejriwal, nor to Vijay Nair, nor to any other AAP leader. He was arrested the very next day. After a few months, Sharat Reddy’s statement turned against Kejriwal ji, and within a few months he was bailed from jail.”
Stating that the recently revealed electoral bonds data clearly reveal the money trail that the ED has been searching for the last two years, she added: “This money trail is clearly visible in the data of Electoral Bonds received by BJP. Sharat Reddy gave Rs 4.5+ crore to BJP during the implementation of excise policy. And after being arrested he gave another Rs 55 crore. First he was arrested, then he gave money to BJP, then he gave a statement against Kejriwal ji, then ED released him, then he gave more money to BJP.”
“The money trail of liquor scam goes to BJP, not to Aam Aadmi Party. Now, I challenge PM Modi: Make BJP the main accused in the scam. And ED should arrest JP Nadda,” the AAP leader informed.