Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal said on May 20 that Delhi government ministers were "spreading lies" about her and threatened to take them to court.
Maliwal said, "Since yesterday, Delhi ministers have been spreading lies that just because a corruption FIR has been lodged against me, I am doing this at the instructions of the BJP. The FIR was registered 8 years ago in 2016, and after that, I was appointed the chief of the Delhi Commission for Women twice by both the chief minister and the Lt Governor.”
"The case is completely fake, and the Hon'ble High Court has imposed a stay for the last 1.5 years and has also accepted that there was no exchange of money,” she said.
Maliwal claimed that her role changed from “Lady Singham” to “BJP Agent” soon after she filed the complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal secretary Bibhav Kumar.
"All the members of the party are receiving calls saying if there is any personal video of Swati, send it. It has to be leaked. They are putting my relatives' lives in danger by tweeting their details after procuring them using their vehicle registration numbers,” she added.
"Well, lies don't last long. But in the intoxication of power and the obsession to bring someone down, it should not happen that when the truth comes out, you are not even able to look your family in the eye. I will take you to court for every lie you spread." Maliwal said in her post.
Kumar was arrested from Kejriwal's residence after a case was registered against him for allegedly assaulting Maliwal on May 13.
