GANDHINAGAR: A war of words erupted between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after minister of state for home, Harsh Sanghavi, on Friday posted videos and pictures on the microblogging site X of the arrest of a fake Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in Kutch.
He claimed that the leader of the fake Enforcement Directorate team is an office-bearer of the Aam Aadmi Party. AAP state president, Isudan Gadhvi, retorted by stating that the person nabbed by the police is not an office-bearer or member of Aam Aadmi Party at present, and that minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi was misleading citizens with his post that Abdul Sattar, who was arrested, is a general secretary of AAP.
Tagging pictures of Abdul Sattar with Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal, Sanghavi posted on his X handle, “Another misdeed of Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party has come to light. In Gujarat, the party leader formed a fake Enfor cement Directorate team and looted people by becoming its captain. The commander of the fake Enforcement Directorate team caught in Kutch turned out to be a leader of Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party. This is the real proof of the misdeeds of Kejriwal’s followers.”
Isudan Gadhvi responded by posting on X that Sanghavi has posted this to mislead people of the state and that the arrested person is not a member or office-bearer of AAP at present.
“As home minister, you should not make a false post. State BJP president C R Paatil and BJP MLAs have shared the stage with a person accused of masterminding a Rs 6,000 crore fraud,” Gadhvi posted.
Earlier this month, Kutch East police nabbed a gang of 13 persons, who made away with gold biscuits and jewellery worth Rs 25.25 lakh by staging an Enforcement Directorate raid at the house of a jeweller in Gandhidham town of the district.
Two days after the gang pulled off the sensational heist, the Kutch p olice arrested 12 of the 13 members involved in the fake Enforcement Directorate raid in Gandhidham town.
