Amid the Enforcement Directorate’s summons, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is planning a 3-day tour of Gujarat from January 6,7,8. Kejriwal on January 3 didn’t seem earlier than the ED for questioning in reference to the Delhi excise case. The Delhi Chief Minister termed the ED’s summons as “illegal.” Meanwhile, the AAP sources stated the get together’s chief is prepared to cooperate with ED, however the discover is “illegal” because it has been despatched with the intention to arrest him to forestall him from election campaigning forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
With an eye fixed on Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal is anticipated to go to Gujarat and maintain employees convention and public assembly. He can also be anticipated to meet jailed AAP MLA Chaitra Basava and his household.
The ED is at present reviewing the five-page response despatched by Kejriwal to the investigating officer of the case on Wednesday. There is a chance that the ED could dismiss Kejriwal’s assertions claiming the summons to be unlawful and problem its fourth summons to the CM as per provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources added.
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Delhi Police rejects AAP declare
AAP has asserted that the Delhi Police sealed off Kejriwal’s residence, blocking all entry roads and stopping CM House employees from getting into and is planning to arrest him. The Delhi Police, on the opposite hand, clarified that the heightened safety across the Chief Minister’s home was geared toward “managing” the media personnel who had gathered there since Wednesday, following claims by get together leaders that Kejriwal is perhaps raided and arrested.
A senior Delhi Police official talked about that the elevated safety was primarily to deal with the presence of media personnel after the AAP’s hypothesis a couple of potential raid on the CM’s residence. Another police officer asserted that nobody from the Chief Minister’s employees had been restricted, referring to the augmented police presence as a “general deployment.”
