AAP Calls Delhi Assembly Session Today, Expected To Discuss CBI Summons To CM Kejriwal

The CBI had questioned Kejriwal at its headquarters on Sunday in connection with the now-cancelled excise scheme.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. ( Image Source :PTI )

The Delhi government has convened a special session of the assembly for Monday to examine the CBI's notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy matter. According to an official announcement, the second portion of the Budget Session will begin on Monday at 11 a.m. in the Assembly Hall. The CBI had questioned Kejriwal at its headquarters on Sunday in connection with the now-cancelled excise scheme, news agency PTI reported.

The AAP has claimed that it is being persecuted for speaking out against corruption.

“This incident is unprecedented. And this should be discussed in the assembly. We will have views of all MLAs who are representing various constituencies in Delhi and know their perspective about this issue in the upcoming session,” AAP national spokesperson and Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj was quoted by PTI in its report. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned for nearly nine hours by CBI in excise policy scam case, said Officials, reported news agency PTI. "CBI questioning was conducted for 9.5 hours. I answered all the questions. The entire alleged liquor scam is false and bad politics. AAP is 'kattar imaandaar party'. They want to finish AAP but the country's people are with us," said CM Kejriwal.

"Want to thank CBI officials for hospitality, they asked questions in friendly, harmonious manner," he added.

Before arriving at the Central Bureau of Investigation's heavily fortified headquarters at around 11 a.m., Kejriwal made the claim in a five-minute video message on Twitter that the BJP might have ordered the agency to arrest him.

After being summoned by the agency, the head of the Aam Aadmi Party said that he would answer questions honestly because he has nothing to hide and that he would receive messages of solidarity from a number of opposition leaders.

On Sunday, Sambit Patra, the national spokesperson for the BJP, stated that investigation agencies like the CBI and ED operate based on facts, not emotions.

(With Inputs From PTI)