An FIR filed against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson, Swati Maliwal, over her alleged involvement in a recruitment scam mentions Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as an accused. However, there is no mention of his role in the alleged scam.
A furious Mr. Kejriwal, who interacted with the media for the first time after his throat surgery last week in Bengaluru, said that it is being done as per the order of the 'higher ups', referring to Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jungand Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"How can they name me without my role in it? Or has it become so easy for any agency to file a case against the Chief Minister. It can only be done on the directions of people sitting on big positions," he said.
Maliwal, Kejriwal refute chargesThe ACB, acting on Congress' Barkha Shukla Singh complaint in which she claimed that 85 people who are AAP members and workers were hired by the DCW without advertising for the post, had registered the FIR.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal has refuted the charge.
Mr. Kejriwal said there was no evidence found against him. "This needs to be taken up. ACB cannot so casually name a Chief Minister," he said.
He announced that a special Assembly Session would be called soon to take up this case and other recent incidents. "Through the Assembly, this country needs to know what is happening with us [AAP]," he said.
