CM Arvind Kejriwal.
CM Arvind Kejriwal.
Delhi Liquor Scam Case: The investigation into irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Liquor Policy 2021-22 has brought the Enforcement Directorate to the doorstep of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The CM is likely to appear at the ED headquarters at 11 am on Thursday. It took just two weeks for the investigating agency to tell the Supreme Court that it was considering making the Aam Aadmi Party an accused in the excise policy case and summoning the party’s national convenor and the Delhi Chief Minister to appear before it in this regard. Is. Irregularities in liquor policy are being investigated. In April, CBI had interrogated him for about 9 hours. Soon after the summons were issued, senior AAP leader and Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said that the central government has only one objective – to destroy the Aam Aadmi Party at any cost. He also claimed that Kejriwal will be arrested by the central agency.
Lok Sabha elections are 6 months away, you are confused
The Enforcement Directorate’s summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday to face questions in the alleged liquor policy scam has left the Aam Aadmi Party worried. With two key leaders, former deputy CM and No. 2 in the party, Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh already in jail in the same case, intense internal discussions are underway on how to deal with the crisis. Senior party officials said that while the CM was discussing the issue with the legal teams, others held separate meetings and discussed the possible consequences of Kejriwal being taken into ED custody.
Delhi liquor policy scam: Two AAP ministers in jail
In the last 15 months since the Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against 15 people. Two AAP stalwarts, then deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, as well as its former media and communication in-charge Vijay Nair have been arrested, while several other bureaucrats and close associates of Aam Aadmi Party functionaries have been questioned by investigating agencies. Have called for. In July 2022, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had recommended a CBI probe into the formulation of the excise policy for 2021-22 after Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar in a report alleged deliberate and deliberate irregularities in various acts and rules. Click here to read what the new liquor policy was…
