AAP alleges link between Delhi liquor policy case traders, BJP

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The AAP on Saturday claimed there was a link between one of the witnesses in the Delhi liquor policy case and the BJP, and challenged the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to initiate an investigation into it...

Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, whose son Raghava Magunta Reddy was arrested by the ED in the liquor policy case, has been fielded by the BJP's ally, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), in the Lok Sabha polls, senior AAP leaders and Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj said in a press conference...

"I challenge the ED if it is an independent agency to bring in record this connection and probe it," Atishi said, adding that the BJP had 'alleged' connections with the so-called 'South Lobby' of liquor traders...

"Earlier, another witness against Kejriwal in the excise policy case, Sarath Reddy, had paid Rs 55 crore to the BJP through electoral bonds which proves the party has a connection with the 'South Lobby'," Atishi further alleged...

Reacting to the questioning of Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot by the ED in the liquor policy case, Atishi said that more AAP leaders may be summoned and "we are not afraid of going to jail"...

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