New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Aam Aadmi Party leader and MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the government's request for the president's approval to prosecute party leader Satyendar Jain was "completely illegal and motivated by malice."

Speaking to ANI, Singh said Jain was kept in jail for almost 2.5 years and later was given bail and are seeking prosecution sanction only now after their lawyers objected.

Sanjay Singh said, "First of all, this proves that the arrest of Satyendra Jain and Arvind Kejriwal was completely illegal, motivated by malice and done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government because after keeping him in jail for 23 months, you are seeking sanction in Satyendra Jain's case."

"That too when our lawyer lodged a protest in the c...