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Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Saturday alleged that her husband is the victim of a “deep political conspiracy” and was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the purported excise policy ‘scam’ based on a “false” statement given by NDA MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (MSR), who is cited as witness in the case by the ED.
In an emotional video message, Sunita said Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on the basis of a statement by MSR and alleged that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP changed his statement to the ED about his meeting with the Delhi CM to save his son, Raghava Magunta Reddy, from the agency’s clutches.
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The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party is a constituent of the ruling NDA.
She claimed that Raghava Reddy was released on bail after his father MSR– the current Ongole MP who won the seat on a TDP ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls– changed his statement and falsely implicated Arvind Kejriwal in the case.
Sunita Kejriwal claimed that in his earlier statement to the ED, MSR had said that he met Arvind Kejriwal on March 16, 2021, regarding land for a charitable trust he wanted to open in Delhi, but later changed his statement on July 17, 2023 after his son was arrested by the federal probe agency.
“In his statement to the ED, MSR said Kejriwal asked him in the presence of nearly 10 people to enter the liquor business in Delhi and pay Rs 100 crore to AAP. Would anybody ask for money before so many people?,” she asked.
Sunita Kejriwal also claimed that Raghava Reddy was given bail after MSR gave a “false” statement to the ED.
“It is apparent that his statement is false,” she added.
Meanwhile, describing Arvind Kejriwal as an honest, educated and patriotic man, Sunita Kejriwal appealed people to support the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo, asserting that if the public does not support him, no educated person would want to join politics given the treatment meted out to the Delhi chief minister.
Appealing people to share her videos, the Delhi chief minister’s wife alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to finish off Kejriwal and the AAP using the ED and CBI.
No immediate reaction was available from the ED or the BJP.
Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in a purported money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in his government’s scrapped excise policy 2021-22. He is currently in judicial custody after being arrested by the CBI.
(With inputs from agencies)
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