Hubballi (Karnataka), Feb. 27 -- "Voters punished the AAP over perception, not proof," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday after the discharge of Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the Delhi excise policy case.
Welcoming the court's decision, Abdullah argued that the allegations had shaped public opinion and adversely impacted the electoral prospects of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi.
"The voters of Delhi, to a very large extent, punished the Aam Aadmi Party because of the perception that was created around Kejriwal and Sisodia," he told reporters, congratulating both leaders for maintaining that the case was politically motivated.
The controversy traces back to the Delhi government's Excise Policy 2021-22, whi...