Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday has hit out the Union Government following raids on Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj's residence, stating that actions are being taken because the AAP is the "most vocal voice" against the Centre.
He said that ED's raid on Saurabh Bharadwaj's residence is another case of the Union Government "misusing" the agencies and no such party has targeted AAP like BJP in the past.
"The ED raid at Saurabh Bhardwaj's house is another case of the Modi government misusing agencies. The Modi government has gone after the Aam Aadmi Party. The way "AAP" is being targeted has never been done to any party in history. "AAP" is being targeted because it is the most vocal voice against the Modi government's wrong policies and corrupt deeds. The Modi government wants to suppress our voice. This will never happen," Kejriwal wrote on 'X'.
The former Delhi CM mentioned that AAP will not be "scared" by such actions and will continue to raise the voice of people in country's interest.
"AAP" is not one to be scared of these BJP raids. We will continue to raise our voice against wrong policies and corruption in the interest of the country, as always," he said.
Other than Arvind Kejriwal, former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also hit out at the BJP following the incident and said the raids have been carried out following big revelation on PM Modi's degree on Monday.
He said that it came to fore that PM Modi's degree is "fake" and he has lied to the country, so to distract attention from the issue, raids are being conducted on Saurabh Bharadwaj's residence.
"The only reason behind the ED raid at Saurabh Bharadwaj's house is that yesterday a big revelation was made about the Prime Minister's degree. It came to the fore in the country that the Prime Minister's degree is fake. It came to the fore in the country that the Prime Minister lied about the degree... So to divert attention from the issue of the Prime Minister's degree, ED is raiding Saurabh Bharadwaj's house. Even a child will laugh on hearing that the case in which Saurabh Bharadwaj's house is being raided is being told to be a case before he became a minister, he said.
AAP National Media in-charge, Anurag Dhanda asked regarding the "fake raids" being conducted on Saurabh Bharadwaj's residence. He stated that on Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised, whose discussion went on throughout the day. Dhanda said that a raid is being carried out in such a case when Bharadwaj was not even a minister.
"Why is this fake raid being done by ED on Saurabh Bharadwaj? This is happening because since yesterday, the whole country has been discussing that PM Modi's degree is fake, and something has to be done to divert attention from that issue. Yesterday, Amit Shah raised an issue, and the discussion went on the whole day. Today, this raid is being done in such a case when he was not a minister. When he was not a minister, how could his name come up in the scam, or how could he be accused because of it? The same thing happened with Satyendar Jain. The case was run for three years, a fake case was made, and after three years, CBI went to the court and said that we do not have any evidence, Dhanda told ANI.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today carried out searches at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in hospital construction projects in the national capital.
The raids began early morning at 13 locations, including Bhardwaj's residence, across the Delhi-NCR region, based on a certain tip-off in connection with the case. The search operations are being carried out under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
These searches are in "connection with the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) recorded in the Delhi Hospital Construction Scam, relating to First Information Report (No. 37/2025) dated June 26, 2025, registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Delhi Police, against former Health Ministers of GNCT of Delhi, along with private contractors and unknown government officials.
"Officials, privy to the development, told ANI that the operations are based on "material collected during the course of investigation and allegations contained in the FIR regarding large-scale corruption, unjustified cost escalations, unauthorised constructions, and misappropriation of funds in health infrastructure projects of GNCTD."
With inputs from ANI
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