Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday lashed out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being named in an FIR in connection with alleged illegalities in the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday lashed out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being named in an FIR in connection with alleged illegalities in the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). Mr Kejriwal said the AAP government will soon call a special session of the Delhi Assembly where he will expose the “conspiracy” behind the registration of the FIR. The ACB, however, later said that the Delhi CM was not a co-accused in the FIR.
“Don’t know why my name is in the FIR,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader told journalists here, holding a copy of the FIR. “Without the Prime Minister’s approval, a chief minister’s name doesn’t figure in an FIR.”
Mr Kejriwal’s remarks came after the anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the Delhi government slapped an FIR against DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Monday night over complaints of alleged irregular recruitment.
“What is my role in this ” Mr Kejriwal asked. “My role has not been mentioned even once in the FIR (first information report).” He said FIRs were framed carefully even in the case of ordinary people. “To include a chief minister’s name, they would have thought over it at least 10 times.”
He said it was clear that the instructions to include his name would have come from the Prime Minister. “I believe the DCW has done no wrong. Nevertheless, what is my role ” Hours later, ACB chief M.K. Meena said Mr Kejriwal did not figure in the FIR.
Mr Meena, a special commissioner in the Delhi police, said former DCW chief Barkha Singh had named Mr Kejriwal in her complaint along with present DCW chief Swati Maliwal. But the ACB did not include his name in the FIR. “In the ACB’s endorsement enquiry report, Mr Kejriwal’s name is not mentioned. He is not an accused in the case and we are not conducting any enquiry against him,” he said.
The officer said a notice had been served to Ms Maliwal to appear before the ACB on September 29 in connection with the case. The officer said Ms Maliwal, her secretary P.P. Dhal and some government officials were named in the FIR on Monday. Ms Maliwal has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing vis-à-vis recruitment in the DCW. He said issues regarding why the FIR was filed, the “real facts” and the “entire conspiracy including incidents of the past few months” against the AAP would be discussed by the AAP-dominated house.
