Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday termed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons issued to him in the Delhi excise policy case as “politically motivated” and asked the central agency to retract it.
He sent his reply to the ED summons, calling them illegal, AAP sources said, PTI reported.
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“Kejriwal called the fresh summons politically motivated and illegal. In his reply, he said that he has lived his life through transparency and honesty and has nothing to hide. He said he is ready to accept any legal summons,” sources said, citing his reply, PTI reported.,
Kejriwal was scheduled to leave for the Vipassana course on Tuesday but could not do so as he was busy with the INDIA bloc meeting. He left at around 1.30 pm on Wednesday for the pre-scheduled meditation course.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday questioned the timing of the summons, saying the party’s lawyers are studying the notice and “legally correct” steps will be taken.
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They said Kejriwal’s Vipassana session was “pre-scheduled” and the information was in the public domain.
“Everyone knows the chief minister is leaving for Vipassana on December 19. He regularly goes for this meditation course. It’s a pre-scheduled and pre-announced plan,” AAP MP Raghav Chadha had said.
This is the second time the ED has issued a summons to Kejriwal in the case. The first summons had been issued on November 2. He skipped the questioning alleging the notice was illegal and politically motivated.
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(With inputs from PTI)