How much of this connection is true, barely a couple of people will be able to tell. But in politics, it is also about optics, speculations and connecting dots, and more so in the current regime where no one really knows what is going on. If there is any truth in this particular link, maybe time will tell, or maybe this too is one of the many ‘parikatha’ doing the rounds in power corridors
A special court on Monday accepted the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) closure report in an alleged corruption case against Aam Aadmi Party leader and former minister in Delhi Satyendra Jain and others in 2018. The CBI found that due process was followed and that there was no violation or no personal gain in hiring of external architects by Delhi government for smart schools, hospitals, clinics, and road design, according to reports.
In a post on X in Hindi, former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that all cases filed against his party leaders are “false” and with time “truth will come out in all these cases.”
“With time, the truth will come out in all these cases. False cases were filed against us, and we were sent to jail. Shouldn’t those who filed these false cases, and those leaders who ordered these false cases, be sent to jail? We were smeared with mud day and night, our families had to endure so much pain what about compensating for all that?” Kejriwals wrote
Now, just a day before his surprise resignation on July 21, former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar had met Kejriwal and AAP Floor Leader in the Rajya Sabha Sanjay Singh at his residence. Dhankhar posted on X: “Former Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal ji along with Floor Leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Sanjay Singh ji, called on the Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Vice-President’s Enclave today”.
Analysts say such meetings are part of official courtesy/protocol, however, Dhankar’s meetings with opposition leaders were being watched closely by those who matter in power.
“There had been murmurs of Dhankhar being critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government in such meetings. Rumours are that he also told Kejriwal that the opposition needed a ‘mukhar’ (strong) voice in the Rajya Sabha like Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha,” they said.
After he was defeated in Delhi, there was a strong buzz that Kejriwal could go to the Rajya Sabha.
Analysts believe, Dhankar’s conversation with Kejriwal was duly reported to top bosses in the government.
Connecting the dots
Just a couple days before the commencement of the Monsoon session of the Parliament, July 18 to be precise, AAP distanced itself from the INDIA bloc saying that it is not part of the opposition alliance anymore.
Kejriwal met Dhankar on July 20.
Citing health reasons Jagdeep Dhankar resigned on July 21
And on August 5, a special court accepted the CBI’s closure report in the graft case against AAP leader Satyendar Jain.
How much of this connection is true, barely a couple of people will be able to tell. But in politics, it is also about optics, speculations and connecting dots, and more so in the current regime where no one really knows what is going on. If there is any truth in this particular link, maybe time will tell, or maybe this too is one of the many ‘parikatha’ doing the rounds in power corridors
