New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday claimed Swati Maliwal filed the assault FIR against Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar at the behest of the ruling BJP. AAP leader Atishi claimed the former DCW chief was being used as a “pawn” and was made to “hatch this conspiracy” using an old Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) case as leverage.
“Bibhav Kumar ji has complained to the police in detail about the incident that happened on May 13. He told that Swati ji forcefully entered the CM residence and sat in the drawing room. She insisted on meeting the CM there. She had reached there without an appointment. She was trying to forcefully enter the rooms of the house. All these incidents show that this was a conspiracy. This conspiracy was not only to put allegations on Vibhav ji. If CM Kejriwal had met him that day, then these allegations would have been put on Arvind Kejriwal today”, wrote AAP on its official account on X.
“The way ED, CBI, anti-corruption bureau, Income tax dept, Economic Offences Wing were used to blackmail opposition leaders and make them join BJP, similarly in the Swati Maliwal case the same formula was used. There is a case against Swati Maliwal by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, an FIR has been made and a probe is underway and using this, Swati Maliwal was made to hatch this conspiracy and was used as a pawn,” revealed Atishi in her interaction with media.
“There should be an unbiased probe on who was in contact with whom. Swati Maliwali met all BJP members and when, what conversation they had on call and on WhatsApp,” she added.
In 2016, ACB had filed a charge sheet against Maliwal for allegedly making illegal appointments in the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). It claimed she favoured AAP workers.
Meanwhile, BJP chief JP Nadda slammed the AAP for claiming that his party had sent Swati Maliwal to entrap Arvind Kejriwal. He said AAP has no credibility.
“Aam Aadmi Party is a party built on the foundation of lies and its credibility is not zero, it is in minus. Today Arvind Kejriwal has been exposed in front of the people of the country and the people of Delhi, he has been exposed in every way… If this thing has been hatched by BJP then why were you moving the mic (during PC in Lucknow) from here to there? Why are you silent? What is stopping you?” he told the media.
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