The Delhi government will be presenting its budget for the 2024-25 financial year on March 4 (Monday), Finance Minister Atishi said in the Assembly while presenting the Economic Survey copy on Friday. It is to be noted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning on Monday (March 4) in the excise case. The budget is expected to be presented on the same day that the ED summoned Kejriwal.
Delhi Govt Likely To Present Budget On Mar 4:
The Economic Survey and the Outcome Budget for the financial year 2023-24 were presented on Friday by Finance Minister Atishi.
A PTI report had earlier said, citing a source that the budget is likely to be tabled in the Assembly early next week. "It will in all probability be presented before the Assembly on Monday," a source told PTI.
The report further said that with 2024 being an election year, the government could make some major announcements. "This is the election year. Expect some major announcements in the budget," PTI quoted the source as saying. Read the full report here.
Kejriwal Summoned By ED For Questioning On Monday:
Earlier this week, the ED issued the eighth summons to Kejriwal seeking his presence for questioning on March 4, despite the AAP convenor being adamant in not joining the investigators till a court seized of the matter tells him to do so in the excise case.
The fresh notice from the agency comes immediately after Kejriwal did not appear on Monday holding on to the pretext that the summons are illegal and are meant to arrest him before the Lok Sabha elections.
The AAP chief was summoned on November 2 and December 21, 2023, and again on January 3, January 18, February 2, and 17 of this year, but he refused to appear, claiming that the ED summons were illegal.
The ED claimed in court that Kejriwal intentionally disobeyed each summons issued as part of an investigation into money laundering linked to irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case.