Sanjeev Arora, a Rajya Sabha MP for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was the subject of raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday in relation to a money laundering case involving land fraud.
Sources claim that the raids, which were carried out in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and connected to a property fraud case, were carried out at many sites associated with Arora in the Jalandhar area of Punjab. One of the accusations made against Arora is that he dishonestly transferred land to his business.
Speaking to the media after the raids, the AAP MP said, “I am a law-abiding citizen, am not sure about the reason for the search operation, will cooperate fully with agencies and make sure all their queries are answered.”
Manish Sisodia, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and a former deputy chief minister of Delhi, stated on X that the raids against their MP, a businessman, are a ploy to split the party.
However, he stressed, AAP members won’t give up, won’t sell out, and won’t be afraid. “… The ED is raiding the house of Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora. In the last two years, they have raided Arvind Kejriwal’s house, my house, Sanjay Singh’s house, Satyendra Jain’s house… nothing was found anywhere. But Modiji’s agencies are engaged with full dedication in making fake cases one after the other. These people will go to any extent to break the Aam Aadmi Party. But no matter how much they try, the Aam Aadmi Party people will neither stop, nor sell themselves, nor get scared,” Sisodia said.
AAP leader and Sanjeev Arora’s Rajya Sabha colleague Sanjay Singh said that raids on the 61-year-old leader cannot break the “courage of Aam Aadmi Party leaders.”
“Another morning, another raid. ED officials reached AAP MP Sanjeev Arora’s house. Modiji’s fake case-making machine is after the Aam Aadmi Party 24 hours a day. The Supreme Court has also reprimanded them several times to stop filing false cases, but still, ED is not understanding. These agencies do not obey the court, they only obey their masters. But Modiji’s arrogance completely fails in front of the courage of Aam Aadmi Party leaders. Modi Ji, you cannot break a staunchly honest party by using fake cases and raids,” Sanjay Singh said.
