Arvind Kejriwal to skip ED summons, heads to MP for election rally

Delhi Chief Minister will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate after he was summoned in connection with the alleged Delhi Liquor scam caseArvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will be travelling to Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh where they will address an election rally and stage a road showEarlier the Delhi Chief Minister questioned the legality of the Enforcement Directorate summons issued to himIn a reply to ED on its summons notice on October 30 Kejriwal demanded that the agency withdraw the notice and questioned its legalityThe summon notice is illegal and politically motivated The notice was sent at the behest of the BJP Notice was sent to ensure that I am unable to go for election campaigning in four states ED should withdraw the notice immediately Kejriwal stated in his reply to EDThe EDs move to summon the Delhi Chief Minister has taken a political turn with the AAP accusing the BJP of vendettaThis is being seen by not only India but the entire world that the Centre is drunk in power and it is so arrogant that it wants to crush every small political party Aam Aadmi Party is a growing national party and the BJP Government is trying everything to crush it AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj saidThe BJP responded saying that the law was just taking its natural cause and the Delhi CM must comply with itThe law is doing its work The ED has summoned him under the law 2 days ago the Supreme Court observation regarding Manish Sisodias bail said that there is a money trail of Rs 338 crores Arvind Kejriwal has to answer this because it is not possible that there is a money trail and he is not aware of it He has to answer this question He also has to answer why the excise was increased to 1237 from 537 He is playing the victim card that this is vendetta politics BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana saidArvind Kejriwal was earlier summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI in April this year in connection with the caseHowever Kejriwal was not named as an accused in the first information report FIR filed by the CBI on August 17 last yearIn February 2023 Arvind Kejriwals Deputy Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI for alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the nowscrapped Delhis new excise policy the policy was withdrawn amid allegations of foul play by the oppositionThe Supreme Court on October 30 dismissed the bail plea of Manish Sisodia in connection with cases related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy case The court directed to complete the trial in the case in six to eight monthsThe court while refusing bail also took note of the aspects regarding the transfer of a money trail of 338 crores which is tentatively establishedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever