"If ED wants, it can telecast questioning live": Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Supremo Arvind Kejriwal said that he was ready to face questioning by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering probe related to irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 case and said that if the central agency wants to, it could telecast the questioning live.
Earlier today, in response to the eighth summons of the ED which asked CM Arvind Kejriwal to appear before it on March 4, he wrote a reply to the central agency stating that its summon was «illegal», however, he has agreed to appear before the agency virtually on any date after March 12.
«My stand has always been that ED summons are illegal. I have written to them (ED) many times but they have not responded...I have written that I am not hiding anything and am ready to answer all your questions and you can ask through video conferencing. This is my right,» said the CM while addressing the media here.
«There is no demand from my side, but if they want, they can telecast the (questioning) live,» he added.
Earlier on February 27, The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) issued an eighth summons to Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering probe related to irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 case, asking him to join the investigation on March 4.
The fresh summons to the Delhi Chief Minister followed the seventh summons which he had skipped on February 26.
Kejriwal has so far skipped seven previous summons issued by the ED on
