This comes after Arvind Kejriwal skipped January 19 questioning
New Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – who had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for the fifth time – won’t seem earlier than the probe company for questioning within the Delhi liquor coverage case in the present day.
This comes after Arvind Kejriwal skipped January 19 questioning, saying that the summons issued by the ED had been unlawful and its solely intention is to arrest him.
Mr Kejriwal, additionally the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, had refused to seem earlier than the probe company on three earlier summons for November 2, December 21 and January three as properly.
The AAP has slammed the company’s actions as “politically motivated” and “unlawful”. The AAP has slammed the company’s actions as “politically motivated” and “unlawful”. “PM Modi’s aim is to arrest Arvind Kejriwal and topple the Delhi government. We will not allow this to happen,” the occasion stated in a press release.
The AAP chief had been questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the case in April, however had not been made an accused by the company.
Ever because the first summons was issued by the Enforcement Directorate, there was intense hypothesis that the Delhi chief minister can be arrested by the company after his questioning.
With three of its leaders — Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Satyendra Jain — behind the bars, AAP has lengthy been anticipating the eventuality and has mentioned the attainable programs of motion. They even need Mr Kejriwal to stay the Chief Minister and do his job from jail.
The CBI contends that liquor corporations had been concerned in framing the excise coverage, which might have introduced them a 12 per cent revenue. A liquor foyer it dubbed the “South Group” had paid kickbacks, a part of which was routed to public servants. The Enforcement Directorate alleged laundering of the kickbacks.
The BJP has alleged that the proceeds of the alleged rip-off had been utilized by the AAP to fund its large-scale marketing campaign in Gujarat, through which it received a 12.91 per cent votes and established itself as a nationwide occasion.