Delhi Court Orders New FIR Against AAP Chief Kejriwal
A Delhi court ordered authorities to file an FIR against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders for misusing public funds on party hoardings in Dwarka in 2019. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal issued the order on Tuesday.
The ruling comes weeks after the BJP ended AAP’s decade-long rule in Delhi. Kejriwal, who lost the New Delhi seat to BJP’s Parvesh Verma, is currently out on bail in the Delhi excise policy case. He and his deputy Manish Sisodia spent months in jail after Delhi LG VK Saxena ordered an FIR over alleged corruption in liquor license approvals. The AAP government later scrapped the policy.
A CAG audit claimed that AAP’s 2021-2022 excise policy caused a ₹2000 crore loss to Delhi’s exchequer. The BJP accused Kejriwal of corruption, with Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleging fraud in AAP’s ‘Mohalla Clinics’ initiative. Sachdeva blamed Kejriwal and former health minister Satyendar Jain for running “corruption shops” under the guise of free healthcare.
Sachdeva criticized AAP after Jain accused the BJP-led Delhi government of shutting down 250 Mohalla Clinics. Sachdeva denied the allegations, stating the BJP was closing corruption, not healthcare services.
Kejriwal is currently attending a 10-day Vipassana retreat in Punjab. The BJP accused him of seeking a Rajya Sabha seat for a luxurious lifestyle. Sachdeva claimed Vipassana was an excuse, arguing Kejriwal’s real focus was on resolving internal conflicts within AAP’s Punjab unit.
