ED opposed Kejriwal’s bail plea in Supreme Court: Said- campaigning is not a fundamental right. The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on the interim bail of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 10. A day before this, on Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed an affidavit in the court.
According to news agency PTI, ED said that he (Kejriwal) is not contesting the elections and before this no leader has got bail from judicial custody for campaigning. Propaganda is not a fundamental right.
The Central Investigation Agency gave this affidavit because Justice Sanjeev Khanna had said on May 8, We will pass an interim order on interim bail on Friday. The main case related to challenging the arrest will also be decided on the same day.
Earlier, during the hearing on May 7, the Supreme Court had told the ED that elections come every 5 years, this is an extraordinary situation. If we grant bail to Kejriwal, our condition will be that he will not interfere in the work of the government.
Kejriwal is lodged in Tihar jail since April 1 in the Delhi Liquor Policy case. He is not able to campaign. Lok Sabha elections are to be held in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bastion Delhi on May 25 and Punjab on June 1.
#WATCH | Delhi Minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai says, ” Since they (BJP) have jailed Delhi’s elected CM Arvind Kejriwal, people are sad and angry…today in Humayunpur, large crowd of people assembled. People have decided to end this dictatorship…” pic.twitter.com/vtZxFJltFO
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ED had arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in the liquor policy case. ED produced him in Rouse Avenue Court on March 22. The court sent Delhi CM on ED remand till March 28, which was later extended till April 1. On April 1, the court had sent him to Tihar Jail in judicial custody till April 15. He is in jail then.
In the liquor policy case, summons were sent to Kejriwal on 27 February, 26 February, 22 February, 2 February, 17 January, 3 January this year and on 21 December and 2 November in 2023.
However, he did not go for questioning even once. After not getting relief from the lower court and the High Court, Kejriwal has reached the Supreme Court.