Thanks Ker CM Pinarayi Vijayan for letter to PM

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday thanked his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan for raising his voice against alleged

misuse of central probe agencies against non-BJP leaders and the arrest of AAP’s Manish Sisodia by the CBI. Kerala CM Vijayan on Monday wrote to PM Narendra Modi over Sisodia’s arrest in the Delhi excise policy scam case, urging him to “dispel the perception” that the AAP leader was being targeted for “political reasons”.

In his letter, Vijayan also sought to draw the PM’s attention to “voices of protest” raised by leaders of several Opposition parties, including some chief ministers, on Sisodia’s arrest. He was referring to a recent joint letter shot off to the PM by nine Opposition leaders including CMs Mamata Banerjee, K Chandrasekhar Rao and Kejriwal, who alleged “blatant misuse” of central agencies against members of the Oppn.

Sharing Vijayan’s letter, Kejriwal, who is the AAP’s national convenor, tweeted, “Thank you Hon’ble CM Kerala Shri @pinarayivijayan ji for raising voice against illegal arrests of leaders across India.”

“While refraining from commenting on the merits of the case under investigation, let me submit that the arrest of Sisodia has lent further force to the argument about certain actions of the central investigation agencies,” the Kerala chief minister noted in his letter. It is the golden principle of natural justice that justice should not only be done, but seem to be done too, he added. Vijayan noted that Sisodia is an elected representative of the people and had been appearing before investigating agencies in response to their summons.

There is no “incriminating evidence” against Sisodia “like cash seizure” in course of the investigation of the case so far “as per information coming out in public domain,” he said.