Can Sanjay Singh바카라�s Bail Amid Kejriwal바카라�s Arrest Renew Lost Hope For AAP?

After spending six months in Tihar Jail, Sanjay Singh, one of Aam Aadmi Party바카라�s tallest leaders walked out on bail today. At a time when most of Delhi바카라�s leadership has been put behind bars over alleged corruption charges, Singh바카라�s conditional release is interesting to watch as it raises hopes for a revival of the party seemingly on the verge of crumbling right ahead of Lok Sabha elections. The Enforcement Directorate바카라�s turnaround came as it made no headway in recovering the proceeds of the alleged crime or any trace of the money trail in the alleged Delhi excise policy case. 

Over the past two years, central probe agencies, especially the Enforcement Directorate (ED), have increased their crackdowns against opposition leaders by using extensive powers under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). However, the withdrawal of charges against Singh, a leader they once claimed played a key role in the alleged liquor policy scam, gave AAP leaders new wings to challenge the arrest of other top leaders as being a political tactic ahead of polls. AAP leaders celebrated it as a "big day for democracy in the country", while BJP criticised them saying they were projecting as if the apex court had given him a clean chit in the case.

However, it has also raised questions among critics whether Singh바카라�s release could have a hidden political strategy. One of the prominent AAP faces who has not been arrested yet, Delhi minister Atishi, in a recent press conference, claimed that the BJP approached her to join the party 바카라�to save my political career바카라�. Is it possible that Singh also received similar advice? While these are only speculations, for now, Singh바카라�s bail is a significant morale boost for AAP workers. 

Atishi also made a scathing allegation that if she refused to join the party, she would be arrested by ED too. "The BJP intends to arrest four more AAP leaders before the Lok Sabha elections: me, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Raghav Chadha and Durgesh Pathak," she said. BJP has refuted all the allegations. 

Singh was the third AAP leader to be arrested by the probe agency in the alleged Delhi liquor policy case after Satyendar Jain, who was arrested in May 2022, and Manish Sisodia, arrested in February last year.

Singh바카라�s bail also comes at a time when AAP leaders have been protesting over the arrest of party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case. The timing of both the incidents 바카라� Singh바카라�s bail and Kejriwal바카라�s arrest 바카라� just before the Lok Sabha elections have great political significance. 

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, as the Delhi High Court also resumed hearing Kejriwal바카라�s plea against his arrest by the ED, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Kejriwal, defended that there was no material evidence to show the 바카라�proceeds of crime바카라� linked to the leader and that the case was biased. Meanwhile, ASG SV Raju for ED said, 바카라�The fact that money laundering offence has taken place is clear and beyond any doubt. Cognizance is always of the offence and not of the offender.바카라� The court has reserved the verdict for now.