Following India's protest over US comments on Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller reiterated Washington's stance on fair legal processes. He emphasized transparency and timeliness in both Kejriwal's case and the freezing of Congress party bank accounts.
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00:00 Following India's summoning of a senior US diplomat to protest comments regarding the
00:08 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, the US State Department spokesperson Matthew
00:12 Miller has once again retariated Washington's clear stance on fair and legal process.
00:18 Miller emphasized the importance of transparency and timeliness in legal proceedings addressing
00:23 the concerns over both Kejriwal's arrest and freezing of Congress Party's bank accounts.
00:28 While Miller refrained from discussing private diplomatic conversations, he emphasized the
00:33 publicly need for a fair and transparent legal process, a sentiment echoed in private discussions
00:38 too.
00:39 The Ministry of External Affairs had lodged a protest with Gloria Barbena, expressing
00:44 a strong objection to US State Department officials' remarks on Kejriwal's arrest in
00:49 connection with the money laundering case.
00:51 The case involves alleged corruption related to the Delhi government's excise policy for
00:56 2021-22, which was later scrapped.
00:59 The meeting lasted over 30 minutes, emphasizing India's seriousness and addressing the issue.
01:04 Reports indicate that a State Department official had advocated for a fair and legal process
01:09 for Kejriwal.
01:10 India's Ministry of External Affairs previously had condemned US State Department spokesperson's
01:15 comments asserting the importance of respecting sovereignty and internal affairs, especially
01:20 among democracies.
01:22 The Ministry of External Affairs also had emphasized India's commitment to an independent
01:26 judiciary, emphasizing the unwarranted nature of casting aspirations on its legal process.
01:32 For the unaware, Delhi's CM Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on 22 March after ED found substantial
01:37 evidence against the Delhi CM, and CM had apparently refused approximately nine ED summons.
01:44 Meanwhile, the Congress Party is facing bank account freeze due to income tax filing issues,
01:49 on which the US has decided to question India, which has the further chance of soaring the
01:55 ties between the two nations.
01:58 We continue to follow these actions closely, including the arrest of Delhi CM Kejriwal.
02:05 We are also aware of the Congress Party's allegations that tax authorities have frozen
02:09 some of their bank accounts in a manner that will make it challenging to effectively campaign
02:13 in the upcoming elections, and we encourage fair, transparent, and timely legal processes
02:17 for each of these issues.
02:18 With respect to your first question, I'm not going to talk about any private diplomatic
02:22 conversations, but of course, what we have said publicly is what I just said from here,
02:27 that we encourage fair, transparent,
02:29 timely legal processes.
02:30 We don't think anyone should object to that.