A court in the country has dismissed yet another plea to remove Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in custody in the excise corruption case. The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition on Thursday (April 4). So far three applications for his removal have been rejected by the court. Indian media NDTV reported this news.
This public interest case was filed by Vishnu Gupta, president of an organization called Hindu Sena, to remove Kejriwal from the post of Chief Minister. A bench led by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan of the Delhi High Court dismissed it on Thursday.
The Acting Chief Justice dismissed the case and commented that whether he remains Chief Minister or not is his matter. Let democracy take its course.
On March 21, the ED conducted a search operation at the residence of the Chief Minister of Delhi in connection with the excise case. They arrested him the following night. Later the court remanded him to ED custody. After that he was sent to Tihar Jail on the orders of the court. He will remain in jail till April 15.
Kejriwal has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the arrest by the ED. The matter is scheduled to be heard on Thursday.
Kejriwal sees his arrest as a political conspiracy ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. But the ruling BJP denied such allegations.
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