Kejriwal Fails to Appear Before ED
New Delhi: Delhi chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy and wrote to the Central agency demanding the “recall” of its summons to him, calling it “vague, motivated and unsustainable in law”. In his response to the summons, Mr Kejriwal said: “The said summons does not specify whether I am being summoned as an individual or in my official capacity as chief minister of Delhi or as national convenor of the AAP.” The chief minister’s office said that in reply to the probe agency’s notice, Mr Kejriwal has alleged that the summons was “illegal, politically motivated” and aimed at preventing him from campaigning in poll-bound states. He also claimed that BJP MP Manoj Tiwari had “openly” said on the afternoon of October 30 -- the day the summons was issued to Mr Kejriwal -- that the chief minister would be arrested. Just like the people of Delhi and Punjab did charisma, the people of MP will do charisma in the coming days.” The AAP had alleged that Mr Kejriwal would be the first to be arrested as part of the BJP’s plan to target top INDIA alliance leaders ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the ED summons was an attempt to “finish” the party that is in power in Delhi and Punjab. He wrote to the ED, saying the summons does not make it clear in which capacity he is being called -- as a witness or as a suspect, in his capacity as an individual, chief minister or AAP national convenor.” The BJP attacked Mr Kejriwal for “running away” from the ED summons in an excise policy-linked case, saying he does not want to face the truth.
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