Ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court order that reinstated Alok Verma as Director Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is also the convener of AAP said the Supreme Court verdict delivered on Tuesday was a “direct indictment” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Reacting to the apex court judgment Kejriwal tweeted, “SC reinstating CBI director Alok Verma is a direct indictment of the PM. Modi govt has ruined all institutions and democracy in our country.
“Wasn’t CBI director illegally removed at midnight to stall the probe in Rafale scam which directly leads to PM himself?,” the Delhi chief minister tweeted.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Verma, setting aside the Centre’s decision on October 23, 2018 to divest him of his powers.
The top court, however, restrained Verma from taking any major policy decision till the CVC probe into corruption charges against him was concluded. Later, in a statement, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) welcomed the court order.
“What was the Modi government scared of so much that it sent paramilitary forces inside the CBI headquarters on the 23rd October night to search the office room of CBI Director Alok Verma after forcibly sending him on leave?,” the statement quoted AAP’s Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh as saying.
It added that now it was for the people of the country to give a “befitting reply to this undemocratic, dictatorial and anti-federal central government, which has no respect for any institution”.
