The Delhi units of the BJP and the Congress on Tuesday slammed the Kejriwal Government over the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) recoveries of gold and cash from the premises of jailed Minister Satyendar Jain and his associates, and claimed more heads will roll in the coming days.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana said that the ED should also probe Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
"Kejriwal had given a clean chit to Jain after he was arrested by the ED in the money laundering case, which means he knows the links," Khurana said.
"Unexplained" cash of Rs 2.85 crore and 133 gold coins were seized after raids were conducted at the premises of Jain and his alleged associates as part of a money laundering probe against them.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also played an audio of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's strong defence of Jitender Singh Tomar, a Minister in the previous AAP Government who had to quit for allegedly having a fake degree. Kejriwal had come to his defence before he was forced to sack him as a probe brought forth evidence of his suspected wrongdoing.
The AAP is adept at playing the victim, he said, and asked Kejriwal to share the documents, based on which, he has been giving a clean chit to Jain.
Poonawalla alleged that there may be many stakeholders in Jain's alleged corruption, forcing Kejriwal to continue to protect him or probe agencies may reach others as well.
BJP leader Kapil Mishra, who was removed from the AAP after alleging in 2017 that he had seen Jain giving Rs 2 crore to Kejriwal, took a dig at the AAP chief after the ED’s recoveries.
"Kejriwal had demanded Padma Vibhushan for Jain. Kejriwal is bound to give a clean chit to Jain because he is partner in crime," Mishra alleged.
Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar claimed that it is "quite clear" that Jain was involved in a major corruption.
"Gradually many more names from the AAP will come up in this graft case. The next person to face the ED will be Manish Sisodia," he said.
Delhi Congress has submitted a complaint to Delhi Police Crime Branch demanding a probe in an alleged liquor "scam". The party will also approach CBI if Delhi Police fails to act, Kumar said.