Hardeep Singh Puri criticizes Arvind Kejriwal’s lack of resignation in Delhi’s liquor policy case.

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri (File). The AAP alleged a political conspiracy to destroy AAP governments in Delhi and Punjab, while the BJP said the ruling party in the national capital “stands exposed” and that Mr Kejriwal is the “kingpin”. The sharp attack came shortly after the Delhi High Court quashed a petition by Mr Kejriwal challenging his arrest on March 21.

The AAP boss’ home was raided, and he was taken into custody, by the Enforcement Directorate hours after the court refused him protection from arrest. “I am not an expert on the Constitution… so I can’t tell you if he should continue or not. But, as somebody who has put in 50 years of public service, I think this is the height of shamelessness.

After being arrested… after being in Tihar Jail… The Chief Minister has passed two ‘orders’ since his incarceration in Tihar – one to Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj and another to Public Works Minister Atishi. Both were denounced by the BJP, which has questioned the constitutional propriety of a chief minister issuing instructions from jail.

there are almost a dozen corruption allegations against him…” the BJP’s Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, also the Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, said. Meanwhile, speaking to NDTV this evening, Mr Puri hailed Delhi High Court Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s “unsparing” ruling on Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging the ED’s arrest. “AAP was questioning arrest of Mr Kejriwal… but the learned judge was unsparing in her reply.

She said Mr Kejriwal, both in his individual capacity and as Convenor of the party, was complicit. He was given nine opportunities to respond (Mr Kejriwal skipped nine summons from the probe agency). He could have gone after the first summons… put down the facts and that would have been the end of the story.”

“The point is the court said the ED produced evidence, and that the arrest is in order,” he said. *NDTV is now available on WhatsApp channels.