The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal for questioning on November 2 in an alleged liquor policy scam case. According to sources, Kejriwal has been asked to appear before the ED on November 2. He was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April this year. The summon came on the day the Supreme Court dismissed former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's bail plea.
Reacting to the ED summons, Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "Now we have come to know that Chief Minister Kejriwal has been summoned by the ED. It makes it clear that the only motto of the Union government is to finish AAP by any means. And for this they are not leaving any stone unturned as they are registering false cases to jail Kejriwal and finish the AAP."
Meanwhile, the BJP welcomed the ED summons and said that Kejriwal will now have to explain why the liquor excise policy was changed and who received the seven per cent commission. Delhi BJP Chief Virendra Sachdeva said that the Delhi Chief Minister, who calls himself an "honest person" is being exposed as his misdeeds are coming to the fore.
The summons came on October 2, after Sisodia’s bail plea was rejected by the SC. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti also directed that Sisodia's trial should be completed within six to eight months. The bench further added that if the trial proceeds slowly, Sisodia can file an application for bail again.
Justice Khanna, while delivering the judgement, said that even as many questions remain unanswered, one aspect with regard to the transfer of Rs 338 crore is tentatively established. The ED case is based on the CBI’s First Information Report registered in August last year. The ED had earlier this month arrested AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh in connection with the case.