{"id":339131,"date":"2022-08-22T00:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T05:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=339131"},"modified":"2022-08-22T02:22:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T07:52:07","slug":"bjp-says-kejriwal-kingpin-of-excise-policy-scam-handcuffs-getting-close-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bjp-says-kejriwal-kingpin-of-excise-policy-scam-handcuffs-getting-close-to-him\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP says Kejriwal kingpin of excise policy &#8216;scam&#8217;, handcuffs getting close to him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BJP alleged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the &#8220;kingpin&#8221; of the excise policy &#8220;scam&#8221; and said handcuffs are getting close to him as nodes of corruption are being unravelled.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleged Kejriwal was busy indulging in corruption when Covid-affected people needed his help.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, who also addressed the press conference, said, &#8220;Delhi&#8217;s excise policy has proved to be a corrupt one. Arvind Kejriwal is the kingpin of this entire scam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bhatia said when it was time to help Covid-affected people, Kejriwal was busy indulging in corruption by signing the excise policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roots of the excise policy &#8216;scam&#8217; lead to the doorstep of corrupt Kejriwal. No one is above law and no corrupt person will be spared,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the AAP&#8217;s claim that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be a direct fight between Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP spokesperson said everyone knows what happened in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa polls.<\/p>\n<p>The public will give the AAP a reply, he said. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday raided 31 locations, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia&#8217;s residence, in connection with the irregularities in the Delhi government&#8217;s Excise Policy 2021-22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJP alleged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the &#8220;kingpin&#8221; of the excise policy &#8220;scam&#8221; and said handcuffs are getting close to him as nodes of corruption are being unravelled. Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleged Kejriwal was busy indulging in corruption when Covid-affected people needed his help. Delhi BJP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":339132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339133,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339131\/revisions\/339133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/339132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}