Anita Singh, the wife of Sanjay Singh, said, "They (ED officials) questioned and searched our house, computer, and documents, but they did not find anything during the raids. There seemed to be pressure on the ED officials to arrest him, and they did so without providing any clear reason."
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday called the action of the Delhi police a "fascist method" to suppress dissenting voices, following searches in the offices of online news portal NewsClick.
As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said that this is the height of dictatorship.
"As a precautionary measure for the Northeast Monsoon and due to heavy rainfall for the past few days in Tamil Nadu, rubber boats, life jackets, and woodcutters are also kept ready, " said the official.
Coming out in support of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that nothing will be found at his residence, adding that all agencies like ED and CBI will get active as the 2024 elections are coming.
Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bhardwaj terms the Delhi excise policy case a "fictitious scam" after Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at party MP Sanjay Singh's residence in connection with the scam on Wednesday.
After the Enforcement Directorate team raided the residence of AAP MP Sanjay Singh this morning, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla took a jibe at Aam Aadmi Pary and said that "AAP means 'Aur Adhik Paap'."
"They have done the work of fooling people. They had come to lead ordinary lives but now they are being immersed in corruption to such an extent that they are giving one bottle (of liquor) free with another," Dushyant Gautam said.
Asserting that this series will continue till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have made the formal announcement for the 2024 elections.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is ending due to its corruption, claimed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa adding MP Sanjay Singh had a main role in liquor scam after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at Singh's residence on Wednesday.
"BJP government along with Delhi Police attacked the houses of journalists, cartoonists and activists and in the name of raids, took away their mobile phones and laptops. This shows how the Delhi Police, ED and CBI are being misused for political gain," Md Salim told ANI on Tuesday.
The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Wednesday granted bail to former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Rabri Devi and others in relation to a fresh chargesheet in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam case.