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Delhi Excise Policy Case: CBI Alleges K Kavitha Coerced Sharath Reddy to Pay ₹25 Crore to AAP

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Delhi Excise Policy Case: CBI Alleges K Kavitha Coerced Sharath Reddy to Pay ₹25 Crore to AAP

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is requesting K Kavitha’s custody, told a special court on Friday that the BRS leader, who is an accused in the Delhi excise policy case, allegedly threatened Aurobindo Pharma’s promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to cough up ₹25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party in exchange for five retail zones in the national capital. She was thereafter placed in CBI custody until April 15 by the court. K Kavitha was charged by the CBI with threatening to damage Sharath Reddy’s company if he failed to reimburse the Aam Aadmi Party for purported bribes. An approver has emerged in the liquor policy case: Sharath Chandra Reddy, a co-accused under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate. Special judge Kaveri Baweja was informed by the CBI that Reddy only took involved in the liquor business in Delhi at the “insistence and assurance” of K Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, according to reports.

“K Kavitha further told Sharath Chandra Reddy that the payments of upfront money of ₹25 crores for wholesale business and ₹5 crores for each retail zone were to be made to the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Government for getting liquor business and the same was to be paid to her associates Arun R. Pillai and Abhishek Boinpally, who would in turn coordinate with Vijay Nair, who was a representative of Arvind Kejriwal,” according to the CBI. K Kavitha was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate in March.

Days after questioning her, on Thursday, the CBI detained her. Even in the face of evidence, the agency maintained that she had not responded to its questions. According to the agency, K Kavitha’s associates, Arun R Pillai, Abhishek Boinpally, and Butchibabu Gorantla, stayed at the Hotel Oberoi in Delhi between March and May 2021 in order to add clauses that benefited them to the now-canceled policy. Reddy’s company, Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd, allegedly paid ₹80 lakh to K Kavitha’s NGO, Telangana Jagruthi, on her guarantee of support.

According to the CBI, K Kavitha forced Sharath Chandra Reddy to sign a sale deal with her for an agricultural plot in Mahboob Nagar, Telangana, in June or July of 2021. Reddy was coerced into signing the selling agreement against his will, according to the agency. It said that Kavitha pushed him to give ₹14 crore. It is also said that she requested that Sharath Reddy give the AAP ₹25 crore, with each retail zone in Delhi receiving ₹5 crore. “However, when Sarath Chandra Reddy showed his reluctance to pay the demanded money, K Kavitha threatened Sarath Chandra Reddy to harm his business in Telangana and in Delhi under the Excise Policy,” according to the agency.

K Kavitha is charged with being a member of the South Group, which is said to have given ₹100 crore in kickbacks to the AAP in exchange for licenses under the liquor policy. Last month, the Aam Aadmi Party claimed that Reddy’s company had used electoral bonds to give the BJP ₹59.5 crore. “Reddy purchased electoral bonds worth ₹4.5 crore while the excise policy was being formulated and after his arrest, he purchased electoral bonds worth ₹55 crore and the money went to the BJP,” Atishi, the AAP leader, had said.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was taken into custody in relation to an excise policy-related money-laundering probe. Manish Sisodia has been detained since February 2023 on similar charges. The AAP claims that no money trail has been found and that action against its leaders was part of the BJP’s political retaliation. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh brushed aside the Opposition’s allegation that agencies were misused in connection with Arvind Kejriwal’s incarceration earlier this week, questioning why the courts hadn’t given him a break in the case.

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Swati Maliwal Assault: Kejriwal and Akhilesh Dismiss Questions; Sanjay Singh Speaks Out | Watch

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Swati Maliwal Assault: Kejriwal and Akhilesh Dismiss Questions; Sanjay Singh Speaks Out | Watch

Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav addressed the media together. When Kejriwal brought up the topic of the assault on Swati Maliwal, he handed the microphone to Akhilesh. He stated, “There are more important things than this.” As for the alleged attack on Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at Kejriwal’s residence by CM’s PA Bibhav Kumar, AAP MP Sanjay Singh has made statements about it thus far. He said he would speak on the matter and then cited Manipur, Prajwal Revanna, and the wrestlers’ protest against former chief wrestler of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

“The prime minister said nothing while the wife of a Kargil hero was paraded in Manipur in her undies. PM Modi requested support for Prajwal Revanna, who had raped and molested many women. And the authorities assisted him in his escape. Swati Maliwal went to visit the women wrestlers during their protests at night, and the cops beat her up. Sanjay Singh remarked, “We have seen PM Modi’s silence on Hathras, Kuldeep Sengar. “The Party of Aam Aadmi is a family. The party has already made it clear where it stands on this matter. I want the BJP to respond to all of these questions, especially the incident in which the cops beat up Swati Maliwal. Politics shouldn’t be played over this, according to Sanjay Singh.

Also Read: Kejriwal Sparks Controversy: ‘Modi Never Ruled Out Retirement at 75,’ Amid ‘Amit Shah for PM’ Claim

On Wednesday, Sanjay Singh visited Swati Maliwal at her home, but the BJP is pressing for action against Vibhav Kumar in this regard. Leaders of the BJP also questioned if Swati Maliwal was under pressure from the AAP, given that no formal complaint has been filed on the assault event. The picture of Bibhav Kumar seen at the Lucknow airport with Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh was released by the BJP on Thursday. “This is the image from last night of the Lucknow airport.” Vibhav, the one wearing the black shirt, struck Swati Maliwal. Kejriwal is upset, as is Sanjay Singh, who said that Bibhav has done something really wrong. BJP’s Kapil Mishra commented on X, saying, “The third one is Kejriwal himself, who is accused of getting Swati beaten up.”

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Kejriwal Sparks Controversy: ‘Modi Never Ruled Out Retirement at 75,’ Amid ‘Amit Shah for PM’ Claim

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Kejriwal Sparks Controversy: ‘Modi Never Ruled Out Retirement at 75,’ Amid ‘Amit Shah for PM’ Claim

Amit Shah will succeed Narendra Modi as prime minister in 2025, when the latter turns 75, according to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who announced this Thursday. The prime minister has never said he will not step down at that age. Despite the disagreements between Amit Shah and some other politicians on Kejriwal’s age and retirement, PM Modi never said he wouldn’t retire at 75, Kejriwal said at a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chairman Akhilesh Yadav (Lucknow). “Everyone in the nation is confident that Modi won’t deviate from his 75-year retirement age,” Kejriwal stated.

“Amit Shah’s appointment as prime minister is now confirmed. According to him, the BJP has ignored every opponent, including Devendra Fadnavis, Manohar Lal Khattar, Vasundhara Raje, Dr. Raman Singh, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The only issue at hand is Yogi Adityanath, who would be ousted in two to three months, according to Kejriwal, who also mentioned that no BJP leader had disputed his remarks against Adityanath, suggesting that Adityanath’s departure was all but certain.

According to Kejriwal, eliminating reservations is the BJP’s “big plan” if they win the election.

During his first rally after leaving Tihar, Kejriwal stated that if he supported the BJP, Amit Shah would become prime minister since, according to party policy, no one over 75 may hold any job. Narendra Modi will turn 75 in 2025. In response to Kejriwal’s assertion, Amit Shah stated that Narendra Modi will serve out his term and continue to head the party well beyond 2029. Amit Shah charged that Kejriwal was fomenting disarray within the party about the leadership, whereas there is none.

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“I would want to inform Arvind Kejriwal and associates that there is no need to celebrate Modiji’s 75th birthday. The BJP constitution does not mention his ineligibility to serve as prime minister. He will serve out the remainder of his time as prime minister. The party is not confused,” Amit Shah declared.

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Enforcement Directorate Names AAP as Accused in Delhi Excise Policy Case

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Enforcement Directorate Names AAP as Accused in Delhi Excise Policy Case

The statement was made by the federal agency during the court’s consideration of AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s bail request in the excise policy matter. The Aam Aadmi Party, led by Arvind Kejriwal, would be named as an accused in the liquor policy fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate informed the Delhi High Court.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s bail request in the excise policy issue was being considered by the court when the central agency submitted its reply.

It said that in the supplemental charge sheet, AAP will be named as an accused.

The Delhi liquor excise policy has resulted in the ED filing a sixth supplemental chargesheet. Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has postponed hearing arguments on this chargesheet until May 20.

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The BRS leader K. Kavitha’s judicial detention was also prolonged by the court till May 20.

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