Kejriwal thanked Kerala CM for 'raising voice against illegal arrests' of leaders

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 nonBJP leaders and the arrest of AAPs Manish Sisodia by the CBIKerala chief minister Vijayan on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Sisodias arrest in the Delhi excise policy scam case urging him to dispel the perception that the Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader was being targeted for political reasonsHis letter came on a day the Delhi deputy chief minister was sent to the Tihar jail here shortly after a CBI court remanded him to 14day judicial custody in the case till March 20In his letter Vijayan also sought to draw the prime ministers attention to voices of protest raised by leaders of several opposition parties including some chief ministers on Sisodias arrestHe was referring to a recent joint letter shot off to the prime minister by nine opposition leaders including chief ministers Mamata Banerjee K Chandrasekhar Rao and Kejriwal who alleged blatant misuse of central agencies against members of the oppositionSharing Vijayans letter Kejriwal who is the AAPs national convenor tweeted Thank you Honble CM Kerala Shri pinarayivijayan ji for raising voice against illegal arrests of leaders across IndiaAlso read Kerala CM urges PM Modi to dispel perception that Manish Sisodia was arrested for political reasonsThe CBI had arrested Sisodia on February 26 in connection with the alleged scam in framing of the nowscrapped excise policy for 202122 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 letterIt 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 summonsThere 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 saidUnless the arrest was an imperative for preventing the impediment to the investigation the desirable act would have been to avoid it Vijayan said While the law has to take its course he said it is equally important that the widespread perception that Sisodia is being targeted for political reasons and need to be dispelledIn this matter I hope guidance from the prime minister will go a long way in changing the present perception which is reflected in the letter of the important political leaders including some chief ministers in this matter Vijayan addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever