Singrauli: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday skipped a summon by the Enforcement Directorate in a cash laundering case linked to the alleged excise coverage rip-off and held a roadshow in Waidhan.
The Delhi chief minister urged the individuals of Madhya Pradesh to vote for his celebration within the coming meeting polls and mentioned that he was undecided whether or not he could be in jail or out when the outcomes are declared however anticipated the individuals to indicate religion in AAP as they did in Delhi and Punjab.
“Just like the people of Delhi and Punjab voted for the AAP, the people of Madhya Pradesh will also do the same in the coming days. I don’t know whether I will be in jail or somewhere else on the day of counting, but everyone should say that Arvind Kejriwal came to Singrauli and we gave him a historic victory,” AAP nationwide convenor mentioned whereas addressing a roadshow in Waidhan.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann additionally accompanied Arvind Kejriwal within the roadshow held at Waidhan in MP’s Singrauli district. Earlier in the present day, the Delhi CM demanded that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) withdraw its discover summoning him for questioning, claiming that it was “illegal and politically motivated”.
The ED had summoned the Delhi chief minister for questioning in a cash laundering case linked to the alleged excise coverage rip-off. “The said summons is not clear as to the capacity in which I am being summoned i.e. as a witness or a suspect in the above-mentioned case. Please recall the said summons, which is to say the least is vague and motivated and I am advised, unsustainable in law,” Kejriwal said in his letter to the ED.
He additional alleged that the mentioned summons seems to be politically motivated and issued for extraneous concerns. “Simultaneous to the summons, in the afternoon of 30.10.2023, BJP leaders started making statements that soon I would be summoned and arrested. By the evening of that day, I received your summons. It is thus apparent that the said summons was leaked to select BJP leaders to malign my image and reputation and has been issued at the behest of the ruling party at the Centre,” his letter learn.
Arvind Kejriwal was earlier summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April this 12 months, in reference to the case. However, Kejriwal was not named as an accused within the first info report (FIR) filed by the CBI on August 17, final 12 months. Madhya Pradesh is among the 5 states set to carry elections this 12 months. The state is scheduled to endure polls in a single part on November 17 and the counting of votes will happen on December 3.
