'AAP destroying itself': BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on ED summons to Arvind Kejriwal

A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Keriwal for questioning in the Delhi Excise policy case, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is destroying itself and it has been the biggest let-down in the political history of India.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, BJP MP said, “AAP alleges that the central government is trying to finish them. But AAP is destroying itself on their own.” 

"You will commit mistakes and do corruption, and if an investigation is being done, then you have a problem," said Ravi Shankar Prasad adding that Arvind Kejriwal has not said a single word of clarification on this alleged scam so far.

"All the leaders of AAP including Arvind Kejriwal, Manisha Sisodia and Sanjay Singh used to say that this whole scam is false, but since February Sisodia has been in jail. His bail was rejected by a lower court, then the High Court and now it is being rejected by the Supreme Court. Till today, Arvind Kejriwal has not said a single word of clarification on this scam," the BJP MP further said.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of Manish Sisodia in connection with cases related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy case. The order was delivered by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti. 

‘Such massive scam can’t happen with Kejriwal's approval' 

The BJP MP added that such a ‘massive scam’ cannot happen without the clear approval of Arvind Kejriwal.

Previously, the AAP had alleged that the BJP was aiming to finish the party and the latest summon to Kejriwal was proof of that. "This is not very surprising... The way in which the BJP was conspiring to carry out this process, their goal is clear... They want to politically end Arvind Kejriwal. In the way in which AAP is expanding, PM Modi and the BJP were clear that it is becoming impossible to defeat AAP in a legal way in elections.... This is part of that conspiracy" said AAP leader Sandeep Pathak.

Kejriwal was earlier summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April this year, in connection with the case.However, Kejriwal was not named as an accused in the first information report (FIR) filed by the CBI on August 17, last year.