On Sunday morning, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met with top leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of his appearance before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Union Territory government’s excise policy case. The meeting was held at Kejriwal’s residence here in the national capital. Several Delhi ministers including Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, Rajkumar Anand, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain were present in the meeting. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan and Punjab Assembly speaker Sardar Kultar Singh Sandhwan also attended the meeting. AAP MPs Raghav Chadha, ND Gupta and Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel were also present at the meeting in Kejriwal’s residence.According to sources, the meeting was called to discuss the next course of action after Kejriwal’s questioning by CBI on Sunday.Kejriwal on Sunday said that the central agency will arrest him if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has given the orders.
In a video message released on Sunday morning, Kejriwal said, “They (CBI) have called me today and I will definitely go. They are very powerful, they can send anyone to jail. If BJP has ordered CBI to arrest me, then CBI will obviously follow their instructions.”Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann would accompany Kejriwal to the CBI office on Sunday morning.
During his visit to the CBI office, Kejriwal’s cabinet colleagues and all the MPs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will also accompany him to the CBI office.
In a major development in the Delhi excise policy case, the CBI summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in connection with the liquor policy case on Sunday.According to sources, the Aam Aadmi Party will protest in the national capital on Sunday during the questioning of party chief Kejriwal at the CBI office.
“If Arvind Kejriwal is corrupt, there is no one in the world who is honest,” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday, a day after the CBI summoned him for questioning in the excise policy case.
