Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday skipped for the third time the summons issued by the ED in the Delhi excise policy case, and sent a written reply calling the notice ‘illegal’.
The AAP alleged that the repeated notices were part of a conspiracy to arrest kejriwal to stop him from campaigning in the Lok Sabha polls. “Why has the notice been sent right before elections? The notice is an attempt to stop Kejriwal from campaigning in elections,” the party alleged.
While, the BJP said Kejriwal did not want the truth to come out.
AAP leader and Delhi minister Atishi called the summons a “political vendetta” and said the ED has not responded to Kejriwal’s repeated written requests seeking clarity on why he was being called for questioning.
Kejriwal has repeatedly asked the ED to tell in what capacity is he being summoned, she said, adding that the CM has also asked the ED to send all the concerned inquiries in the form of a questionnaire which will be answered duly.
“The ED and the CBI have become a political tool for the BJP to attack the opposition leaders,” she said.
“The ED has still not answered in what capacity is he (Kejriwal) being summoned – as a witness or an accused,” Delhi minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said.
