In a related development, the Delhi High Court has served notices to the Chief Minister’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, and micro-blogging site Twitter and social networking sites like Facebook and Youtube. The court issued the directive in response to a petition filed by an AAP worker who sought action for violating the video link rules during a court hearing about the AAP leader.
The furor arose from a video of Mr. Kejriwal’s presentation before the court on March 28 after being taken into police custody about the alleged liquor policy scandal. The partition mentions that Mrs. Kejriwal, along with the AAP and some opposition party handles, made репlications of the video and uploaded it.
While giving his spirited testimony today, Mr. Kejriwal even addressed the court and accused the ED of trying to ‘suppress’ his party. He also questioned the existence of proof that no “bribes” that were allegedly received by AAP have been thwarted. The Chief Minister also expressed some doubt about the authenticity of the assertions made by approvers, arguing that they were forced to make the statements.
“The ED had only one mission, and that was to trap me,” Mr. Kejriwal said while pointing out to the court that the court had only considered a portion of the statement that accused him but set aside portions that could have benefitted him.
The Delhi High Court’s notice has come when the AAP government has faced a high-stakes legal tussle with the central agencies. The ED has accused the AAP government of accepting bribes in exchange for a liquor sales license where the amount received was used to finance the AAP’s election campaigns in Goa and Punjab.
Indeed, during his 50-day stay in jail, Sunita, Mr. Kejriwal’s wife, actively campaigned for her husband and the Aam Aadmi Party by even giving a speech at one of the party’s political rallies. This raised political ambitions of a possible political duel, but the Chief Minister has since dismissed his wife’s interest in politics as passive.
