New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal Thursday got here out in help of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi after a Surat court docket sentenced the latter to 2 years in jail in a 2019 defamation case. The court docket, although, later granted him bail and stayed the sentence for 30 days to permit him to attraction.
The 2 events have been arch rivals since AAP ousted the Sheila Dikshit authorities in Delhi in 2013. It has since been in search of to switch the Congress because the principal opposition celebration on the nationwide degree.
“A conspiracy is being hatched to remove non-BJP leaders and events by prosecuting them,” Kejriwal tweeted minutes after Rahul was sentenced to jail over his allegedly derogatory remarks in opposition to the Modi group in 2019.
“Now we have variations with the Congress, however it isn’t proper to implicate Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case like this. It’s the job of the general public and the opposition to ask questions. We respect the court docket however disagree with the choice”, Kejriwal wrote.
ग़ैर बीजेपी नेताओं और पार्टियों पर मुक़दमे करके उन्हें ख़त्म करने की साज़िश हो रही है
हमारे कांग्रेस से मतभेद हैं मगर राहुल गांधी जी को इस तरह मानहानि मुक़दमे में फ़साना ठीक नहीं। जनता और विपक्ष का काम है सवाल पूछना। हम अदालत का सम्मान करते हैं पर इस निर्णय से असहमत हैं
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 23, 2023
Kejriwal’s help has come at a time when the AAP — which up to now has maintained its distance from Congress-led opposition programmes — has been a part of the Congress-led opposition bloc protesting inside and out of doors Parliament, demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe (JPC) probe into the Hindenburg report on Adani Group.
Congress, in the meantime, has been equivocal in its stance on the arrest of AAP minister and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia in reference to the Delhi Excise Coverage case.
A day after Sisodia was arrested final month by CBI in a separate case, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, with out mentioning Sisodia had come out in his help. He had tweeted: “Congress has all the time held the idea that establishments like ED, CBI & Revenue Tax Dept have grow to be devices of political vendetta & harassment underneath Modi Sarkar. These establishments have misplaced all professionalism. Oppn leaders are selectively focused to destroy their repute (sic)”.
His tweet had adopted the Delhi Congress workplace reportedly celebrating Sisodia’s arrest. Senior congress chief Ajay Maken additionally numbered amongst those that attacked Sisodia over the arrest.
(Edited by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri)
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