Kejriwal argued in Hindi and told Special Judge (PC Act) Kaveri Baweja that the ED’s sole mission in the case was to somehow implicate him even though there was no evidence against him.
“ED ka mission kewal aur kewal mujhe fasana tha (ED’s sole mission was to implicate me),” Kejriwal submitted.
Pertinently, the CM did not oppose ED’s request for further custody.
“Ham ED ki remand oppose nahi kar rahe. Jitne din chaahe wo mujhe custody main rakh le. (I am not opposing the remand. ED can keep me in custody as long as they want),” he said.
However, he alleged that the real scam was ED running extortion racket in the name of investigation.
“ED ke do maqsad the. Ek to AAP ko khatam karna.. Ek smokescreen create karna aur uske peechhe extortion racket karna jiske zariye wo paise ikathhe kar rahe hain (ED has two aims. To finish off AAP and to create a smokescreen and run an extortion racket to collect money),” the Delhi CM alleged.
Elaborating on the same, he alleged that certain accused donated money to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after they were arrested and they then managed to secure bail.
“Sarath Reddy ne ₹55 crore ka donation BJP ko diya. Mere paas saboot hain ki ye racket chal raha hai. Money trail is established. He donated ₹50 crore to BJP after being arrested [Sarath Chandra Reddy (an accused in the case) donated ₹55 crore to BJP. I have evidence that a racket is running. Money trail is established. He donated 50 crore to BJP after being arrested],” the CM pointed out.
Source: Barandbench
