Sunday, 26 February was an eventful day in Indian politics.
In the morning, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, while speaking to a TV news channel in Delhi said, "The CBI-ED pressure on the AAP proves that the name of the person who the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is scared of is Arvind Kejriwal. His name is not Rahul Gandhi. It is Arvind Kejriwal and not Rahul Gandhi who terrifies the BJP."
In the evening, on the same day, senior party leader and Delhi's deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over his alleged role in the liquor policy scam. Chadha's statement, in fact, was part of the street offensive launched by the party anticipating Sisodia's arrest.
Over 1,000 km away in Raipur, on that very day, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi while addressing the party's 85th plenary session, claimed that the BJP is "using" the investigative agencies to "target" the Opposition. "They call us for questioning, workers are kept in jails. Even at the time of the plenary, ED raids are underway in Chhattisgarh," Priyanka said without mentioning the CBI's questioning of Sisodia.
Interestingly, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate while calling for a "proper investigation" into the liquor scam, asked where was the AAP when other Opposition leaders were being hounded by the agencies.