NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday claimed the party's leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was vindicated in the May 2017 bribery case.
Over a year ago, a former minister in Kejriwal's cabinet, Kapil Mishra, had alleged that he had seen the Chief Minister accepting Rs 2 crore bribe. AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj, citing a report from a leading national daily, said sources within the Central Bureau of Investigation were suggesting that Kejriwal was given a clean chit in the case.
"On May 6, 2017, Kapil Mishra was sacked from the Delhi Cabinet. On May 7, the very next day after being removed from office, Kapil Mishra claimed that he saw the Chief Minister accepting Rs 2 crore in cash from (state cabinet minister) Satyendra Jain on May 5.
"He had claimed that when he asked about the money, the CM said this happens in politics," Bhardwaj said.