AAP successfully cleared agnipariksha: Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his party has successfully cleared the agnipariksha (trial by fire) with the court discharging him and 22 others in the excise policy case, and added that it was “not easy” as there were “difficulties at every step”.
The former Delhi chief minister also dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold Assembly elections in the national Capital, saying the BJP will not be able to win even 10 seats while the AAP will bag more than 60.
On February 27, a trial court discharged Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the excise policy case, pulling up the CBI by saying its case was wholly unable to survive judicial scrutiny and stood discredited in its entirety.
The trial court had ruled that the alleged conspiracy was nothing more than a speculative construct resting on conjecture and surmise, devoid of any admissible evidence, and therefore, to compel the accused to face the rigours of a full-fledged criminal trial in the stark absence of any legally admissible material did not serve the ends of justice. Talking about it, Kejriwal said, “Some people were asking why Kejriwal has been quiet for the last one year.”
“There are politicians who are thick-skinned. But I am a common man like you. If someone says that Kejriwal is a dishonest person then I feel bad. I had decided that I will keep quiet till the court gives the verdict,” he said.
Attacking the ruling BJP and the Centre, he alleged, “They put behind bars five of our leaders and grabbed power in Delhi. Today, I challenge PM Modi to hold the election now and you will find that the BJP will win not even 10 seats, while the AAP will bag more than 60 seats.”
