After the Supreme Court on Monday denied the regular bail plea of Satyendar Jain, Aam Aadmi Party leader and ex-Delhi Health Minister, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hailed the AAP leader, calling Jain a 'hero' for Delhiites, expressing dissent with the SC's ruling. The apex court rejected Jain's bail in connection to a money-laundering case.
Writing on social media platform 'X', the AAP supremo said, "He is a hero for all Dilliwallas. He made arrangements for providing 24x7 electricity, free electricity, good government hospitals, and mohalla clinics. Feel extremely sad for him and his family. God bless him." Jain held the power and the health portfolios in the Kejriwal government. He tendered his resignation from the Cabinet in February last year.
The party released a statement on the same, cited, "We respectfully disagree with the top court's decision but we have full faith in our justice system and are sure that eventually justice will be done. His health has been very precarious and he has undergone major spine surgeries from which he still has to recover. He is still suffering from severe pain, numbness, tenderness, and imbalance. As per the last diagnosis, the degree of pain suffered by him is seven out of 10".
Jain returned to Tihar jail late on Monday. AAP expressed strong condemnation, labeling it "utterly shameful," that Jain has been incarcerated for nearly two years in what they describe as a completely false and concocted case, orchestrated by the ED-CBI under BJP directives.
There was no immediate reaction from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the AAP's claims.
"The entire case against Jain is based on statements of some hawala operators who layered some money to buy shareholding in three companies in which his wife had negligible shareholding," the AAP claimed.
"The hawala operators have provided no proof of Jain's involvement and he has denied any knowledge of these individuals. Instead of putting those hawala operators behind bars, they have been left scot-free but the ED has arrested Jain. Neither he nor his family received any money whatsoever from these three companies," it added. The party also claimed that the ED's allegations regarding Jain's control of those companies or involvement in their affairs are "completely without any substance".
"Jain and his family have no shareholding, directorship, and land purchase of these companies. Neither he nor his family was an undersigned or authorised signatory in the documents on which the ED has filed this case," the AAP said.
Jain is undergoing physiotherapy and has requested the court to delay the surrender. He was hospitalised a few months ago and shifted to an intensive care unit after collapsing in the bathroom of Tihar jail, the party said.
SC on January 17 reserved its verdict on Jain's plea for regular bail in the case. It granted the former minister interim bail on May 26, 2023, on medical grounds and it was extended from time to time. Jain had moved the apex court after the Delhi High Court on April 6, 2023, dismissed his plea for regular bail in the case.
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