The Supreme Court on Thursday steered clear of the political talk about it having made an exception for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in granting him interim bail for campaigning in the Lok Sabha polls but said "critical analysis of the judgement is welcome".
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"Whether I go (back) to jail or not depends upon you. If you press the 'jhadoo' (AAP's election symbol) button, I will not need to go to jail," Kejriwal said on Thursday.
Holding a roadshow in Punjab's Amritsar for the party's candidate Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, the AAP supremo also claimed that the BJP will end reservation for SC, ST and OBC if it gets a majority in the Lok Sabha.
The Supreme Court will resume hearing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging a High Court order which upheld his arrest in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam at 2.30 pm today.
As the Supreme Court begun hearing the case, Justice Khanna soughts details regarding Manish Sisodia case and asked ASG how to distinguish it with this case.
ASG Raju says that if this plea is entertained then it will open pandoras box.
Addressing this, Justice Khanna remarks, "preventive detention act.. do you have to consider both the material?"
Abhishek Singhvi, representing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, reads out the witness statements to show that there is no role of kejriwal in the money laundering case, reports live law.
The Enforcement Directorate contended before the Supreme Court that it will make the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an accused in the money laundering case and would soon file a prosecution complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP.
ASG Raju says they have discovered personal direct chats between Arvind Kejriwal and the hawala operators.