In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on November 2 in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

Kejriwal (55) has been issued the summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and according to the sources, the agency will record his statement once he deposes before the investigating officer of the case in Delhi

This comes after the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail pleas of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in connection with corruption and money-laundering cases involving now-scrapped excise policy for the national capital.

The verdict was pronounced by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti, which had reserved its verdict on October 17 on both pleas.

Reacting to the development, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj accused the Centre of leaving no stone unturned to ‘finish’ the party through fake cases. “The Centre has only one objective — to destroy the Aam Aadmi Party at any cost,” he said in a video post on X.

Delhi minister ATishi also alleged that BJP is ‘scared’ of the work being done by AAP in Delhi and Punjab. “BJP is scared of AAP and the work being done in Punjab and Delhi by the government…Therefore, they are trying to frame AAP leaders in false cases and send them to jail. They want to finish the party…,” she said.

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