The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Delhi Transport Minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot regarding the Delhi excise policy case.
Sources report that the investigative agency has summoned Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot for questioning in the continuing money laundering case associated with the Delhi excise policy. This follows the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the case on March 21.
Earlier on Friday, AAP leader and Delhi Minister Gopal Rai declared that numerous distinguished leaders from the INDIA alliance would join a rally at Ramlila Maidan on March 31 to support Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after his recent arrest.
He said, “Reactions from the entire country came after the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal. The main leaders of the INDIA alliance will join the rally on March 31 in Ramlila Maidan.”
“Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Akhilesh Yadav, Farooq Abdullah, Bhagwant Mann, Champai Soren, Tejashwi Yadav, Sitaram Yechury and many more leaders have been confirmed to join the rally,” he added.
On Friday, the Hindu Sena filed a new petition in the Delhi High Court seeking the removal of Kejriwal from the position of Chief Minister. The petition requests the court to direct Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor to dismiss Chief Minister Kejriwal and to administer Delhi through the Central Government via the Lieutenant Governor.
The day following the extension of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s custody until April 1 by a local court, his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, released a video statement initiating a WhatsApp campaign called ‘Kejriwal ko Aashirwaad’.
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On Thursday, the Rouse Avenue Court extended Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s custodial remand by an additional four days in a money laundering case connected to the Excise Policy. In court, Kejriwal stated, “The real liquor scam began post the ED investigation. The motive of the ED is to crush the Aam Aadmi Party.”
Kejriwal stated in court that the case has persisted for two years without any proven allegations. Concurrently, the INDIA bloc is organizing a protest outside the BJP headquarters in the national capital tomorrow to oppose the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, with Congress, AAP, and Left parties joining the demonstration.