Arvind Kejriwal says ED notice illegal, sent at BJP's request; skips probe

New Delhi, November 2

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before it on November 2 for questioning, skipped the questioning.

He will participate in a roadshow along with his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli.

The Delhi Chief Minister demanded that the ED withdraw its notice, summoning him for questioning, claiming it was “illegal and politically motivated”.

The Delhi Chief Minister’s Office said that in reply to the ED notice, Kejriwal had called it “illegal and politically motivated” and aimed at preventing him from campaigning in the poll-bound states.

Kejriwal also alleged that the notice was sent to him at the behest of the BJP.

A large number of personnel have been deployed in the central part of Delhi as part of the police’s security arrangements to prevent AAP workers from gathering around the ED office.

The ED has summoned Kejriwal for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.

The CBI and the Enforcement Directorate are probing the Delhi government’s now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22 that allegedly favoured certain liquor dealers, an allegation that the AAP has strongly denied. With PTI inputs