The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the sixth time, but he will not appear before the agency for interrogation in the Delhi liquor policy issue today.
This comes after Arvind Kejriwal missed the January 19 interrogation, claiming that the summons issued by the ED were unlawful and that their sole purpose was to arrest him.
Mr Kejriwal, who is also the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) head, declined to appear before the investigative agency on three previous summonses dated November 2, December 21, and January 3.
The AAP has condemned the agency’s actions as “politically motivated” and “unlawful”. The AAP has condemned the agency’s actions as “politically motivated” and “unlawful”. “PM Modi wants to arrest Arvind Kejriwal and overthrow the Delhi administration. “We will not let this happen,” the party vowed in a statement.
In April, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned the AAP chairman about the matter, but the agency did not charge him.
Ever since the Enforcement Directorate issued the initial summons, there has been widespread anticipation that the Delhi chief minister will be detained following his questioning.
With three of its leaders behind jail (Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, and Satyendra Jain), the AAP has long anticipated the possibility and has planned several courses of action. They even want Mr Kejriwal to continue as Chief Minister and execute his work from jail.
The CBI claims that liquor businesses were engaged in developing the excise policy, which would have earned them a 12% profit. The “South Group” liquor lobby had paid bribes, some of which were directed to state personnel. The Enforcement Directorate alleged that the kickbacks had been laundered.
The BJP has argued that the funds of the suspected fraud were utilized by the AAP to support their large-scale campaign in Gujarat, where it received a 12.91 per cent votes and established itself as a national party.
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