AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday expressed shock over the reports that lieutenant government (LG) VK Saxena had given the Enforcement Directorate (ED) approval to prosecute party chief Arvind Kejriwal in a liquor policy case , with the rival BJP calling the former Delhi CM "kingpin" of the "scam". Fresh trouble mounted for AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday when LG Saxena gave his sanction to the ED to prosecute Kejriwal in a case that has trapped the party in a legal labyrinth for the past few years . The central investigating agency sought Saxena's nod to prosecute Kejriwal earlier this month after it allegedly found a "huge level of corruption in framing and implementation" of the excise policy, which was mentioned in prosecution complaint no.
7 filed in the Rouse Avenue court on May 17 this year. The court took cognisance of the complaint on July 9. Reacting to the development, Delhi health minister Saurabh Bhardwaj expressed shock over the reports and claimed there was no prosecution sanction issued in this regard.
"I am shocked...
don't they have the basic knowledge that prosecution sanction is required to prosecute a chief minister or a minister? They are saying that today they have given sanction to prosecute (Arvind Kejriwal), what was the BJP doing for the last two years? If they did not have permission to prosecute (Arvind Kejriwal), what were they doing? We have information that there is no prosecution san.