Arvind Kejriwal Summoned By CBI In Delhi Liquor Policy Case On Sunday: 10 Points

1. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has requested Mr Kejriwal to seem for questioning on Sunday, sources stated, making it the primary occasion in latest reminiscence the place a Chief Minister has been summoned by the central company in an investigation.

2. Sources within the company stated they’ve uncovered recent proof and have grounds to query the Chief Minister now. They stated the date was set for Sunday in order that it doesn’t disrupt the Chief Minister’s work.

3. Arvind Kejriwal is but to touch upon the CBI’s transfer however prior to now has stated, “There isn’t a such factor as a liquor rip-off”. The AAP has dismissed the fees as “vendetta” and efforts by the BJP, which governs on the centre, to focus on one in every of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most vocal critics.

4. “Not a single chief of the AAP might be intimidated by these motivated fees. A lot of our ministers, leaders and members have been focused prior to now. Our combat towards essentially the most corrupt authorities of PM Modi will go on,” senior celebration chief Sanjay Singh stated.

5. The CBI is probing allegations that the liquor coverage carried out by the Delhi authorities final yr, which ended authorities management over the sale of liquor within the capital, gave undue benefits to non-public retailers.

6. Alleging the involvement of the “highest ranges” of Mr Kejriwal’s authorities within the swindle, the company has claimed crores in kickbacks had been paid for favours within the coverage and funnelled into his Aam Aadmi Occasion’s (AAP) election marketing campaign in Goa final yr.

7. Manish Sisodia’s arrest in February was the highest-profile arrest within the case to this point. The next month, he was arrested whereas nonetheless in jail by the nation’s monetary crime-fighting company Enforcement Directorate, which is probing allegations of cash laundering within the case.

8. The summons to Mr Kejriwal, whose political profession started with the 2011 anti-corruption motion that swept the nation, comes as his 10-year-old celebration, just lately upgraded to the standing of a nationwide outfit, tries to place itself as one of many important options to PM Modi’s BJP.

9. In addition they comply with an intensifying effort by opposition events to band collectively forward of subsequent yr’s elections, alleging the widespread abuse of central investigating businesses.

10. Among the many first opposition events to return out in Mr Kejriwal’s help was Bihar’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, whose chief Manoj Jha taunted the centre, saying it ought to put all opposition leaders in a gasoline chamber and end them off “Nazi-style”.

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