BJP takes 'Kejri Corruption Kranti' jibe, asks if Arvind Kejriwal has any moral right to remain CM
BJP on Tuesday seized the Delhi High Court's rejection of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea against his arrest by the ED and its critical observations to attack the AAP convener, claiming the movement which began with the Indian Against Corruption stir has now turned into «Kejri Corruption Kranti». The BJP also pushed for the chief minister's resignation, with its Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva asking if he is now left with any moral right to continue while he remains under arrest.
BJP's national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi cited several observations of the high court to slam the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its chief, accusing them of trying to politicise investigation and judicial processes.
In a setback to Kejriwal, the high court on Tuesday dismissed his petition challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise scam, saying there was no contravention of legal provisions.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the Enforcement Directorate was in possession of «enough material» which led to Kejriwal's arrest, and the trial court remanded him in the custody of the agency by a well-reasoned order.
«The court is of the view that the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal was not in contravention of legal provisions. The remand can't be held to be illegal,» said Justice Sharma while delivering the verdict.
Trivedi also cited the court's stand that the law applied equally to all and courts were concerned with constitutional morality and not political morality, apparently referring to the
