Bhagwant Mann, Delhi Ministers To Accompany Kejriwal To CBI Office: Reports

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is due to appear before the CBI on Sunday in connection with the excise policy case, will be accompanied to the federal agency’s office by his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann and cabinet colleagues. the sources said.

They said that in addition to Mann, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs and ministers from Delhi will accompany the party supremo to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters here.

Earlier in the day, Kejriwal said he will appear before the CBI in connection with the excise policy case, stating that if he is “corrupt” then no one in the world is “honest”.

Addressing a press conference here on the CBI summons against him, the Delhi chief minister claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are demanding his arrest and said that if the saffron party has “ordered” to the agency that arrests you, you cannot refuse to do so. so.

The CBI has subpoenaed Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case. He has been asked to be present at the agency’s headquarters at 11 am Sunday to answer inquiries from the investigation team, authorities said.

The central agency has already arrested former Delhi Deputy Premier Manish Sisodia in connection with the case.

The Delhi government’s 2021-22 excise policy for licensing liquor dealers is alleged to have favored certain merchants who had paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP. The policy was later scrapped.

Kejriwal is likely to visit Rajghat before reaching the CBI headquarters, the sources said. The AAP plans to stage a protest against the CBI summons to Kejriwal on Sunday.