On Friday the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till June 1 in the excise policy case.
On Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate opposed the move to grant interim bail to Kejriwal as it stated that any special concession to him would amount to anathema to the rule of law and equality thereby creating two separate classes in the country viz. ordinary people, who are bound by the rule of law as well as the laws of the country, and politicians who can seek exemption from the laws’.
On March 21 the ED had arrested Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case. ‘The right to campaign for an election is neither a fundamental right nor a constitutional right and not even a legal right’, the ED said, maintaining that to its knowledge, no political leader has been granted interim bail for campaigning even though he is not the contesting candidate.
After the ED filed its affidavit, the AAP, in a press release, said, “The legal team of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convenor, Shri Arvind Kejriwal, has raised strong objection to the affidavit filed by the Enforcement Directorate opposing interim bail in the Supreme Court.”
More details are awaited.
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