Excise policy case: ‘What PM Modi is doing is not good for country,’ says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal| Watch video
Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15 in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. As reported by ANI, Delhi CM said, “What the PM is doing is not good for the country." Also Read: Arvind Kejriwal News LIVE Updates: Court sends Delhi CM to judicial custody till April 15 He appeared before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja in a crowded courtroom. Members of the AAP, including Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj, and Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal, were in attendance.
Kejriwal was arrested by the federal probe agency on March 21 in connection with the case. Meanwhile, Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said, “I do not expect anything from this (ED Custody) hearing... Why did they change the laws of ED? They had wrong intentions.
If they have made someone a target from the political point of view, he cannot escape. He cannot get out of jail." Also Read: PM Modi denies opposition's accusations of probe agency misuse: ‘We neither obstruct nor direct ED’ The next day, Special Judge Baweja ordered him to remain in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) until March 28. Subsequently, the court granted the ED's request for an extension of his custodial interrogation by four days until April 1.
In its remand application, the probe agency has accused the AAP leader of “being involved in the entire conspiracy of Delhi liquor scam, in drafting and implementation of the policy, for favouring and benefiting the quid pro receiving kickbacks and eventually using part of proceeds of crime generated out of the scheduled offence in the election campaign for Goa Assembly elections". In a rally of solidarity against the arrest of the Delhi Chief Minister, leaders of the INDIA bloc convened at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday. Also Read:
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