Whose racket.

"Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar...took exception to people in the world trying to lecture India on its judicial mechanism, in the wake of the US and Germany commenting on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case linked to the now scrapped Delhi excise policy." HT. Kejriwal was arrested by the unaccountable ED on 21 March, and, as is usual, he was denied bail by the courts. The Hindu. His arrest less than a month before the Lok Sabha election (TOI) does not just fail the smell test, it positively stinks. The fact that Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been held in prison since 26 February 2023 (India Today) without accusations against him being proved in a court of law is proof that the ED is being used to suppress opponents by force and not as an investigative agency. "After India summoned a senior US diplomat to lodge a protest over remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Washington...stressed that it encourages fair, transparent, timely legal processes and 'we don't think anyone should object to that'." ET. "A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the world body 'hopes' that in India and any country that is having elections, people's 'political and civil rights' are 'protected' and everyone is able to vote in a 'free and fair' atmosphere." DH. Kejriwal claims that these accusations are just a way to pressure him to join the BJP (TOI), which is believable because others accused of much more serious financial crimes have seen charges disappear on joining the BJP (The Wire). BJP has been labeled as the 'Washing Machine Party' and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's statement welcoming everyone into the party has been taken as confirmation. Mint. In court, Kejriwal accused the ED of running a "racket" to cover up the Electoral Bonds received by the BJP from the businessmen involved in the excise duty investigation. HT. Public sector banks have been deducting subscriptions for various insurance schemes favored by the government from accounts of customers without permission. They are forging names of nominees and refusing to refund the money deducted surreptitiously. The Wire. A survey "of over 30,000 people across 24 countries, conducted between February and May (2023) by the Pew Research Center, shows that India is viewed favorably with a 46% median, while 34% looked at India unfavorably." Reuters.  On 15 August 1947, more than 75 years ago, Jawaharlal Nehru said, "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." wikipedia. "It is painful, and it may not be inappropriate to say at this stage that a darkness descends, as freedom is being robbed, democracy is being crushed and India is sleepwalking into a collapse," wrote Jagdish Rattanani. The darkness is not that the BJP is committing atrocities, the darkness is that the educated elites are supporting it (NTDV). There is a racket. But, whose is it?