Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been issued summons for the fourth time by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in the excise policy case, and has been asked to appear before the agency at its headquarters in Delhi on January 18, reports The Indian Express.
Kejriwal, the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is likely to be in Goa from January 18-20 to oversee the poll preparations.
In the earlier summons, the Delhi CM had cited the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, as well as Republic celebrations and the ED’s ‘non-disclosure’ and ‘non-response’ approach as reasons for not appearing before it.
This was the third summons that Kejriwal skipped and questioned the validity of the summons. The chief minister was earlier asked to depose on November 2 and December 21 in 2023.
He also said that he had not received replies in the earlier two summons and it was a matter of “grave concern”. He had called the summons “motivated” and alleged that they were issued for “vexatious considerations”.
He had also asked whether he was summoned as a “witness or suspect” in connection with the case.