The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday hit out at the Enforcement Directorate, claiming the agency had no reply to the questions raised by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s lawyers in the High Court over his arrest.

The party’s reaction came after Kejriwal did not get immediate relief from the Delhi High Court, which refused to interfere with his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the excise policy ‘scam’.

The BJP, however, claimed that Kejriwal failed to get relief as the ED had “concrete” evidence against him and said that the last chapter of Kejriwal’s “politics of deception” will start in the coming days.

At a press conference, Delhi minister and AAP leader Atishi said, “When Kejriwal’s lawyers said before the court that the arrest by ED was illegal and unconstitutional and there was no evidence against him, the agency had no answer to this.

“The ED which has been investigating the case for the last two years and has conducted raids at thousands of places had no answer to the questions,” she alleged.

On Wednesday, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice on the AAP leader’s petition challenging his arrest and the subsequent remand in the ED’s custody, and asked the agency to file its response, including on interim relief, before April 2.

The judge, in the order, stated that the matter would be taken up for final disposal on April 3 and no adjournment shall be granted.