India, Feb. 27 -- LUCKNOW Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the trial court's discharge of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the excise policy case was a "moral death sentence" for the BJP as it had betrayed the people of Delhi.

In a statement issued on X, Yadav said: "Truth and justice stand with the popular former chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal. An allegation can never be so grave that it can obscure the truth. Today, every honest person will breathe a sigh of hope, and BJP supporters will be deeply ashamed. The BJP has betrayed the residents of Delhi."

Launching a sharp attack on the saffron party, he remarked that those who level false allegations even against religious leaders...