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Bengaluru, Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde said on Friday he was totally disappointed with Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested in connection with an excise policy linked money-laundering case..
Hegde, a former Solicitor General of India, was among the key personalities, including Kejriwal, behind the then 'India Against Corruption' movement, spearheaded by Anna Hazare, more than a decade ago, which had at the time brought the issue of corruption into sharp focus...
"It clearly shows that when in power, greed overtakes you," he said on the case against Kejriwal...
After a part of the movement became a political party (AAP), Hegde, the former Karnataka Lokayukta, came out of it...
He said Kejriwal had come home to invite him to join the party but he did not agree.. Hegde also shared his views on oft-repeated allegations levelled by opposition parties against the BJP-led NDA government of misusing Central agencies like ED and CBI in corruption cases and targeting them...
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