Kejriwal escalates his stand in the excise policy case, choosing protest over participation in court proceedings while invoking Gandhi’s principles and questioning fairness in the process.
The Delhi excise policy case sees a new twist as Arvind Kejriwal refuses court appearance, signalling a legal escalation and possible move to the Supreme Court.
The petition, filed by advocate Vaibhav Singh, accuses Kejriwal, several leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party, and journalist Ravish Kumar of publishing videos of court proceedings related to the excise policy case. The videos reportedly show Kejriwal arguing his plea seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.
The ED has approached the High Court seeking removal of certain critical remarks made against it in a February 27 order of a trial court, which had discharged all accused, including Kejriwal and Sisodia, in the corruption case linked to the now-withdrawn excise policy.
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and other accused to file their responses to a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging their discharge in the alleged Delhi excise policy corruption case.
"If the investigation was over, then why has he been sent to jail," she asked.
Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.
The Minister has said the AAP's stand remains the same and there has been no such scam, and with time all will get convinced about this.
Gehlot honoured the ED summons and appeared before the agency to record his statement.
The federal probe agency had asked for seven-day custody of the AAP chief, but the court said he has to be produced before it on April 1.
