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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary compared Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and alleged that he took out money from the treasury while in power.
Samrat Choudhary said, "Arvind Kejriwal first cheated Anna Hazare, then he cheated the people of Delhi. He cheated the women of Delhi. He took money from liquor traders and changed the system. He increased the commission. This is called organised crime. The fodder scam was also similar to this. Taking out money from the treasury. I think Arvind Kejriwal has learnt the method of corruption from former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav. First, he committed an organised crime, and took out money from the treasury while in power in the state." He further lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the whole world was speaking about the good governance of PM Modi. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with a money laundering probe relating to alleged irregularities in the now-cancelled Delhi excise policy 2021-22. On May 10, the top court granted him interim bail till June 1 in the money laundering case registered by the ED in connection with the Delhi excise policy, however, ordered that he should not visit the Office of the Chief Minister and the Delhi Secretariat. The bench had asked Kejriwal to surrender on June 2. Kejriwal, while filing an appeal in the apex court had contended that his arrest after announcement of the General Elections was "motivated by extraneous considerations". On April 9, the High Court dismissed his plea for release from jail and rejected his argument of political vendetta amid the looming Lok Sabha elections. The High Court had said that Kejriwal's absence from nine ED summons over six months undermined any claims of special privilege as Chief Minister, suggesting his arrest was an inevitable consequence of his non-cooperation. (ANI)
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