Fresh summons to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been asked to appear before ED on Thursday, December 21, in the Delhi excise policy case. 

ED has issued fresh summons to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in money laundering allegations linked to excise policy case. Aam Aadmi Party dubbed the excise policy case fake and bogus.  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning, is meeting a flurry of Opposition leaders who are in Delhi for today’s INDIA Bloc meet.

Earlier yesterday, he met Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. It is not known what they discussed in the 45-minute meeting.

A meeting with Uddhav Thackeray and his close aide Sanjay Raut was held later in the evening. Today, he is expected to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.

It is alleged that the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge repeatedly refuted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has been asked to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, December 21. 

This is the second summons by the Enforcement Directorate to Arvind Kejriwal.

Last month, the financial watchdog had asked Arvind Kejriwal to appear before it on November 2. 

In response to a summons from the Central probe agency, Arvind Kejriwal questioned the legality of the summons and demanded the ED to withdraw the notice. Arvind Kejriwal also alleged in his tweet that ED notice was “politically motivated” to stop him from campaigning in the upcoming elections.

He is instead, deciding to hold an election roadshow in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the polls.

Kejriwal is scheduled to go to an undisclosed place to attend a 10-day Vipassana meditation course from Tuesday.