New Delhi, February 28 Delhi Law Minister Kapil Mishra accused former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of "overacting" after receiving relief in the excise policy case, and said that the people of Delhi "know the truth."
Addressing a press conference, Mishra said that Kejriwal had resorted to similar "dramas" even when he was in power.
Mishra stated that despite serious questions raised by the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India, Kejriwal "continued to claim victory," and was celebrating the lower court's verdict.
"Is it not true that when the excise case came up against Kejriwal, the liquor policy was withdrawn? If the policy was based on honesty, why was it taken back?" Mishra asked.
Mishra, who was previously associated with the AAP before joining the BJP, said that after the case, Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia destroyed several mobile phones, and the commission for liquor wholesalers was increased from five per cent to 12 per cent.
"The biggest justice happens in the people's court, and the voters did not elect the Aam Aadmi Party government last year," he added.
He said that the high court's verdict in the matter is still awaited.
"Punjab will also give its answer," Mishra said about the AAP government there.
A Delhi court on Friday discharged Kejriwal, Sisodia and 21 others in a case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy that had triggered political controversy and contributed to the collapse of the AAP government in the national capital.
