WATCH: Delhi BJP Stages Protest Against CM Arvind Kejriwal Over Alleged Liquor Policy Scam Case

Delhi BJP leaders are holding a protest against the Delhi chief minister after he decided to skip summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi Liquor scam case.

BJP protesting against Delhi CM Kejriwal at Rajghat. ( Image Source :PTI )

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is holding a protest on Thursday against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Rajghat after the CM decided to skip summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).  The agency had summoned Kejriwal in connection with the alleged Delhi Liquor scam case. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, leader of the opposition Delhi Legislative Assembly and BJP leader Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and other leaders of the party were present during the protest.

VIDEO | Delhi BJP stages protest against CM Arvind Kejriwal at Rajghat over the alleged excise policy scam case. pic.twitter.com/tcQ1DgJTWA

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Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and senior party leader Sanjay Singh have already been arrested in the case. BJP leader Harsh Vardhan at the party's protest, spoke to the media and said, "If not today, then tomorrow, he (Arvind Kejriwal) will have to appear (before the ED) and tell the truth. Truth always prevails. I personally request him to speak the truth all at once”. 

VIDEO | "If not today, then tomorrow, he (Arvind Kejriwal) will have to appear (before the ED) and tell the truth. Truth always prevails. I personally request him to speak the truth all at once," says BJP leader Harsh Vardhan at the party's protest against Delhi CM at Rajghat. pic.twitter.com/jWsjsE1Zaw

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Earlier the Delhi Chief Minister questioned the legality of the Enforcement Directorate summons issued to him. In a reply to ED on its summons notice on October 30, Kejriwal demanded that the agency withdraw the notice and questioned its legality.

"The said summons is not clear as to the capacity in which I am being summoned i.e. as a witness or a suspect in the above-mentioned case. Please recall the said summons, which is to say the least is vague and motivated and I am advised, unsustainable in law," Kejriwal stated in his letter to the ED. The ED's move to summon the Delhi Chief Minister has taken a political turn with the AAP accusing the BJP of vendetta.

"I have not seen his (Arvind Kejriwal) response yet. However, Arvind Kejriwal is the conspirator of the excise policy case, and everyone is aware of that," said Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal terming ED summons "politically motivated".

VIDEO | "I have not seen his (Arvind Kejriwal) response yet. However, Arvind Kejriwal is the conspirator of the excise policy case, and everyone is aware of that," says Delhi BJP president @Virend_Sachdeva on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal terming ED summons "politically motivated". pic.twitter.com/AIQJoKxmXT

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate are probing the Delhi excise policy for 2021–22, which has now been scrapped. The policy allegedly favoured certain liquor dealers, a charge strongly denied by the AAP. According to a report of the chief secretary of the Delhi government, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena called for a CBI probe into the irregularities in July last year.

While the Centre has alleged his involvement in the irregularities in connection with the policies, the AAP has maintained that this was the BJP's ploy to 'finish' the party and opposition leaders also joined in the chorus claiming that the saffron party was misusing central agencies against opposition parties ahead of the elections.

Meanwhile, Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann are scheduled to travel to Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh where they will address an election rally and hold a road show