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Accusing the NDA government of not pursuing the probe into the AgustaWestland scam seriously, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Delhi government will show how to probe such cases if the Centre hands over the Anti-Corruption Branch to it.
Questioning the Congress' "silence" on the row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi' degrees, Mr Kejriwal alleged its nexus with BJP and said PM Modi was "helping" Sonia Gandhi as well as former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by way of putting cases pertaining to her tenure in "cold storage".
"Why is Congress silent on the issue? BJP is only abusing Sonia Gandhi but not arresting her, Congress is mum about the degree. They are sitting on dharnas against each other. Are people fools? They have setting between themselves," Mr Kejriwal told reporters.
"Modi is not only helping Sonia Gandhi but also Sheila Dikshit. Gives us ACB for a year and we will show how to probe AgustaWestland and the degree issues. Now Amit Shah and Manohar Parrikar fold hands in front of Sonia Gandhi and plead please tell us who took bribes. Is this probe? Close ED and CBI then," Mr Kejriwal said.
Referring to cases filed in the ACB during the 49-day stint of the AAP government against the Sheila Dikshit government and RIL chief Mukesh Ambani, Mr Kejriwal said the probe into those matters came to a halt once Centre "took over" the anti-corruption body through "paramilitary".
"In our 49 days govt, we filed three cases against Sheila Dikshit government and filed FIR against Mukesh Ambani in ACB. But when we left, they did nothing for one year. Not a single file moved, they were put on cold storage. Then, when we came to power we started sending notices. But then they took over ACB on June 8 through paramilitary," he said.