‘Arvind Kejriwal is a bully’: Bansuri Swaraj attacks AAP chief after Delhi high court judge refuses to recuse | Delhi News - The Times of India

A political flashpoint erupted on Tuesday after Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the Delhi excise policy case was dismissed by the Delhi High Court, prompting a sharp attack from BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj. Reacting to the court’s decision, Swaraj accused the AAP chief of attempting to pressure the judiciary. “Arvind Kejriwal is a bully. You tried to pressurise a female member of the judiciary of this country,” she said, adding that the court’s refusal to transfer the case exposed what she described as AAP’s “politics of creating pressure on the judiciary”. She further alleged that the party functioned like a “drama company” with Kejriwal as its “director”. In a detailed order, Justice Sharma rejected the recusal plea filed by Kejriwal and other leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party, observing that the claims were “based on conjectures and insinuations”. She underlined that no material had been presented to indicate any ideological bias on her part.