The AAP Leader said that in his affidavit, Kejriwal has referred to the ED and CBI and said that the job of the investigating agencies is to present the truth before the court
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj
Delhi cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is sure that the Supreme Court will allow Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, reported news agency PTI.
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday a plea by Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. Kejriwal presented his side before the Supreme Court through an affidavit.
The AAP Leader said that in his affidavit, Kejriwal has referred to the ED and CBI and said that the job of the investigating agencies is to present the truth before the court, reported PTI.
"If CBI and ED got 1 lakh pages of documents and 80,000 of them are in favour of Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, then those 80,000 documents were not presented before the court, only those documents which were taken by pressurising people, by putting them in jail, by luring people with bail, by luring people with pardon, by luring people with ticket to contest elections from NDA, only those testimonies were presented before the court by ED and CBI," Bharadwaj said, reported PTI.
He said Kejriwal is the "most vocal voice of the opposition" and had he been out of jail, he would have campaigned for all the parties of the INDIA bloc. "We are sure that to save democracy in this country and to protect the election system, the Supreme Court will definitely allow Arvind Kejriwal to campaign," he added, reported PTI.
The Delhi health minister claimed that for nearly two years, the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation have been investigating this case, issuing dozens of notices. "However, neither the ED nor the CBI has been able to present a single piece of evidence against Arvind Kejriwal."
He said that the AAP leader has been arrested under a conspiracy to stop him from campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday claimed the Election Commission has "banned" its Lok Sabha campaign song "Jail Ka Jawab, Vote Se Denge", but officials of the Delhi poll body said AAP was asked to modify the contents of the song since it violated EC's guidelines and advertising codes.
The over two-minute Lok Sabha elections 2024 campaign song, penned and sung by AAP MLA Dilip Pandey, was released at the party headquarters here on Thursday.
In a statement, the Delhi Chief Electoral Office said during a review and scrutiny of the advertisement submitted by AAP, the Media Pre Certification Committee headed by Delhi's joint chief electoral officer made certain observations with reference to various provisions and guidelines stipulated by the Election Commission.
"The said creative/advertisement was returned along with the observations with the request to modify the contents of the creative as per the Advertising Codes prescribed under the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 and ECI guideline/ norms circulated vide letter dated August 24, 2023 and resubmit after modification, for the certification," it said.
The statement said that the party was also informed that in case it does not agree with the decision of the committee, it can file an appeal before the state-level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee.
(With inputs from PTI)
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