On Tuesday, the Supreme Court granted bail to AAP member Sanjay Singh, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last year in the Delhi excise policy corruption case. Sanjay Singh’s release has sparked a fresh row on Twitter (formerly X), where AAP minister Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed that BJP candidate Bansuri Swaraj was among the lawyers who represented the ED in court yesterday.
Saurabh Bhardwaj wrote, “In Sanjay Singh ji’s case, among the lawyers on behalf of ED is the name of a woman from BJP and their spokesperson Bansuri Swaraj. I had said yesterday that BJP and ED are the same thing.” (Archived link)
Atishi Marlena wrote, “ED removed the name of BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from New Delhi and lawyer Bansuri Swaraj from yesterday’s SC order citing a mistake;But Bansuri Swaraj has been appearing in support of ED not just once but repeatedly. Now BJP leaders argue in court for the so-called “independent” agency of the central government.The truth cannot be hidden by changing an order. And everyone knows,ED is BJP and BJP is ED.” (Archived link)
The official account AAP wrote, “BJP spokesperson and Lok Sabha election candidate Bansuri Swaraj is representing ED in the court against AAP leaders.Now after this evidence there is no doubt that ED is BJP, and BJP is ED.” (Archived link)
AAP MLA from Burari, Sanjeev Jha, wrote, “Bansuri Swaraj ji is BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate and ED’s lawyer. BJP and ED are the same thing.” (Archived link)
Vinay Mishra, AAP MLA from Dwarka, wrote, “Yesterday, BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj was fighting a case against Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sanjay Singh Ji as ED’s lawyer. Now you people decide how ED is not in the hands of BJP leaders? BJP leaders have made ED the chowkidaar of their house. They pick up anyone they want and then BJP leaders take lakhs of rupees as ED’s lawyer from the government treasury. BJP people are looting the country from every side.” (Archived link)
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In our research, we scrutinized Bar and Bench’s official account on X.
Regarding the issue of Bansuri Swaraj’s name appearing in the list of counsel presenting ED, Bar and Bench tweeted that Bansuri Swaraj’s name had inadvertently appeared in the order issued yesterday granting Sanjay Singh bail.
Bar and Bench tweeted, “Adv Zoheb Hossain mentions error in appearance list in yesterday’s Supreme Court order granting bail to AAP MP Sanjay Singh.”
The tweet further said, “Hossain: Inadvertently the name of Ms Bansuri Swaraj is reflected. She did not appear for the Central agency.”
In short, Bansuri Swaraj’s name was mistakenly included in the list of ED’s lawyers. Zoheb Hossain told the bench headed by Justice Sanjeev Khanna that it was a blatant mistake and requested the court to remove Bansuri Swaraj’s name. Hence, the claim made by Saurabh Bhardwaj and others is misleading.
| Claim | Bansuri Swaraj was among the lawyers who were representing ED in the court yesterday |
| Claimed by | Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atishi Marlena, AAP X account, Sanjeev Jha and Vinay Mishra |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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