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Satyendra Jain arrested by Delhi ACB, Kejriwal hits back at BJP
Delhi anti-corruption branch arrested former water minister Satyendra Kumar Jain on Tuesday in a case related to alleged irregularities in sewage treatment plant tenders of Delhi Jal Board. Six people, including senior…
Delhi anti-corruption branch arrested former water minister Satyendra Kumar Jain on Tuesday in a case related to alleged irregularities in sewage treatment plant tenders of Delhi Jal Board. Six people, including senior IAS officer Udit Prakash Rai, have been taken into custody.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said on X that the BJP had got Jain arrested again and called the case fake. He accused the BJP of dictatorship and claimed that the time of the Modi government was over. Deputy CM Parvesh Sahib Singh said power could delay but not erase accountability, and that files remain even if chairs change.
BJP leaders Virendra Sachdeva and Congress leader Udit Raj also reacted. Sachdeva called the arrest an exposure of AAP's real face, while Raj said AAP, which came to power on an anti-corruption plank, had become the most corrupt party.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Jain's arrest comes weeks before the Punjab assembly election, where AAP is the incumbent. He was the party's co-in-charge for Punjab. The case involves tenders for sewage treatment plants, a portfolio Jain handled as Delhi's water minister. He was earlier arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate and spent time in Tihar jail. The next legal step will be his production before a court for remand. A similar case against another AAP minister in 2022 led to conviction, but the party won the Punjab election anyway. Watch for whether this arrest shifts the campaign or is absorbed as a political issue.
Watch for whether this arrest shifts the campaign or is absorbed as a political issue.
Source: aajtak.in
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