The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yet again for questioning in the excise policy case. This is the fourth summons issued to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor.
Kejriwal has been asked to present himself for questioning on January 18.
Earlier this week, the AAP, which is part of the Opposition INDIA bloc, had announced that Kejriwal would travel to Goa for Lok Sabha-related party work between January 18 and 20.
In response to the agency’s previous summons, Kejriwal had cited the Rajya Sabha elections, Republic Day preparations and what he had termed the ED’s ‘non-disclosure’ and ‘non-response’ approach as reasons for not appearing for questioning.
Kejriwal was issued the first summons by ED in October last year when the central agency asked him to appear for questioning on November 2. The second one was sent on December 18, asking him to appear for questioning on December 21. The third asked him to appear on January 3.
Later, the Delhi chief minister alleged that the BJP was out to get him through central investigation agencies and stop him from campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He had also issued a public appeal to the country to stand by him, alleging a plot by the BJP to “dent his honesty”.
The BJP had responded to the claims by demanding the chief minister’s resignation, failing which the “corrupt” AAP government in Delhi needed to be dismissed, it said.
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First uploaded on: 13-01-2024 at 08:40 IST
