Liquorgate: ED 'mistakenly' names Sanjay Singh in chargesheet, Kejriwal reacts
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday alleged that the entire Delhi Liquor Policy scam case was "fake" and a conspiracy to defame the "most honest party." His comments came after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wrote him a letter informing him that he was named in its chargesheet by mistake.
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PM Modi defaming AAP, claims Kejriwal
Slamming ED for its mistake, Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi, "Does anyone get named in a chargesheet by mistake? It is clear from this that the whole case is fake." "Prime Minister [Narendra Modi] is doing this just to defame the most honest party of the country and to stop the fastest growing party under dirty politics," the AAP supremo added.
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Check out Kejriwal's Twitter post
क्या किसी का नाम चार्जशीट में गलती से भी डाला जाता है?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 3, 2023
इस से साफ़ है कि पूरा केस फ़र्ज़ी है। केवल गंदी राजनीति के तहत देश की सबसे ईमानदार पार्टी को बदनाम करने और सबसे तेज़ी से बढ़ने वाली पार्टी को रोकने के लिए प्रधान मंत्री जी ऐसा कर रहे हैं। उन्हें ये शोभा नहीं देता। https://t.co/xu5kywg5Fz
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Singh seeks prosecution of ED director, assistant director
Meanwhile, Singh in a video said, "This happened in the history for the first time that ED wrote to me and admitted that my name was written by mistake in the chargesheet." He also wrote to the Union finance secretary, seeking sanction to prosecute ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra and Assistant Director Jogender Singh for making "untrue, defamatory and incriminating" statements against him.
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Here's the video of AAP leader Singh
मोदी के इशारे पर नाचने वाली ED ने इतिहास में पहली बार अपनी गलती मानी। मोदी जी @ArvindKejriwal और @AamAadmiParty कि छवि खराब करना चाहते है। लाख कोशिश करलो सफल नही हो पाओगे क्योंकि ED की जांच मोदी की साजिश है। pic.twitter.com/jagOe0ytrI
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) May 3, 2023
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ED moved petition in court to correct mistake: Report
Singh further stated that he has sent legal notices to the ED officers to issue a public apology. According to PTI, the ED stated on Tuesday that the AAP MP's name appeared four times in the chargesheet. Out of these, one reference is wrong and was typed inadvertently. The agency said it has moved a petition in court to correct the mistake.
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Raghav Chadha not named as accused in ED chargesheet
On Tuesday, several media outlets also reported that AAP leader Raghav Chadha was named by the ED in its chargesheet related to the case. However, the politician dismissed the claims, saying he was not named as an accused but as an attendee of a meeting. "The claims appear to be propaganda to harm my reputation and credibility by using media," he added.