Arvind Kejriwal "Most Corrupt": BJP After Manish Sisodia's Bail Rejected
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In a setback to Manish Sisodia, the Delhi High Court rejected his bail plea in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the excise policy.
The BJP dubbed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal "dishonest" and "most corrupt" on Tuesday, a day after the Delhi High Court refused bail to his former deputy Manish Sisodia and the Supreme Court slammed his government for not contributing funds for a road project.
In a setback to senior AAP leader Mr Sisodia, the Delhi High Court on Monday rejected his bail plea in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the city government's excise policy, saying the charges against him were "very serious in nature".
The Delhi government too suffered a setback on Monday as the Supreme Court criticised it for expressing its inability to contribute funds for the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project and directed it to furnish details of money spent on advertisements in the last three financial years.
Hitting out at the ruling AAP in Delhi over to the decisions by the two courts, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said, "The high court dismissed the bail application of former deputy chief minister Sisodia, who had been described as 'kattar imandar' by Kejriwal.
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