Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday shared a letter of Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for raising his voice against alleged misuse of central probe agencies against non-BJP leaders and the arrest of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI.
Sharing Vijayan's letter, Kejriwal, who is the AAP's national convenor, tweeted, "Thank you Hon’ble CM Kerala Shri @pinarayivijayan ji for raising voice against illegal arrests of leaders across India." The CBI had arrested Sisodia on February 26 in connection with the alleged scam in framing of the now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.
Later, in a tweet, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not talk about fighting corruption as a BJP MLA in Karnataka was not arrested despite a huge amount of cash was found at his home. However, Manish Sisodia was arrested although nothing was found during raids at the AAP leader's residence, Kejriwal said.
"Mr Prime Minister, there was nothing found in raids at Manish Sisodia's residence. He was arrested by applying all sections of the law by CBI, ED. A huge amount of cash was found with your party MLA. He was not arrested? "You should henceforth not talk about fighting corruption. It doesn't suit you," the AAP national convener said in a tweet in Hindi.
Earlier Vijayan on Tuesday shot off a letter to Modi over the arrest of Sisodia urging him to dispel the perception that the AAP leader was being targeted for political reasons. Vijayan's letter comes two days after leaders of eight opposition parties, including Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, wrote a joint letter to the Prime minister alleging "blatant misuse of central agencies" against members of the opposition.
In his letter, Vijayan also sought to draw the prime minister's attention to "voices of protest" raised by leaders of several opposition parties, including some chief ministers, on Sisodia's arrest. He was referring to a recent joint letter shot off to the prime minister by nine opposition leaders .
Vijayan, in his letter, said the arrest of Sisodia has "lent further force to the argument" about certain actions of the central investigation agencies. The Chief Minister said there was no incriminating evidence like cash seizure in case of Sisodia.
Vijayan said the AAP leader is an elected representative of the people and has been appearing before the investigating agencies in response to their summons.