Atishi slams ED raids at Saurabh Bharadwaj’s residence, calls them ‘100% fake’

“An RTI activist obtained an order from the CIC asking Delhi University to show PM Modi’s degree. Instead of complying, the university went to the High Court", she remarked.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday hit out at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over its raids at party colleague Saurabh Bharadwaj’s residence, terming them “100 per cent fake” and politically motivated.

“These raids are ridiculous because, at the time the matter pertains to, Saurabh Bharadwaj was not even a minister...he took charge two years later. This is a strategy to divert attention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fake degree issue," said the former Delhi CM.

"The AAP has not committed even a single rupee of corruption. No matter how many raids are conducted, AAP is ‘kattar imaandar’ and not afraid,” Atishi said, addressing a press conference in the national capital.

She also questioned why Delhi University has resisted making the PM’s degree public.

“An RTI activist obtained an order from the CIC asking Delhi University to show PM Modi’s degree. Instead of complying, the university went to the High Court", she remarked.

"Why does the university not take pride in its student being the Prime Minister? The entire nation was talking about this, and to divert attention, fake raids are being carried out at Saurabh Bharadwaj’s residence,” Atishi further added.

Earlier in the day, the ED conducted searches at 13 locations across Delhi-NCR, including the residence of the former Delhi Health Minister, in connection with a money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in hospital construction projects.

The raids were carried out under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).