Delhi minister Atishi on Thursday linked the fresh Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s victory in Chandigarh mayoral polls while maintaining it was illegal.
“ED has sent the seventh illegal summons…Kejriwal responded and raised legal questions based on the summons but ED has not replied to the questions,” she said.
Atishi referred to ED’s move to approach a Delhi court over Kejriwal’s non-appearance and asked why was not the agency willing to wait until the validity of the summons was decided. “They cannot wait because ED summons are not part of the legal process or any investigation. The summons are just a tool to intimidate Kejriwal. After the Chandigarh victory, we came to know that the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] was going to retaliate through ED.”
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday issued a fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to appear for questioning in the Delhi excise policy case on February 26.
This is the investigating agency’s seventh summons to the Aam Aadmi Party chief. The ED had earlier issued the sixth summons to CM Kejriwal on February 14, asking him to appear on February 19. He has not appeared for any questioning so far.
After the ED moved court for skipping the interrogation. Kejriwal participated in the court process through video conferencing on Saturday. He told the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate that he could not appear physically due to a confidence motion moved in the Delhi Assembly as well as the Budget session.
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