Kejriwal cannot escape long arm of law for long: BJP on Delhi CM skipping ED summonses
Arvind Kejriwal for skipping multiple summonses of the Enforcement Directorate and said he cannot escape the «long hand» of the law for so long as there is evidence of his involvement in the alleged excise policy scam. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, party national spokesperson Sambit Patra also slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for defending BRS leader K Kavitha, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the case, and said probe agencies' actions are based on evidence.
«Political parties do not set up probe agencies,» Patra added.
The BJP's reaction came a day after the AAP called the ED a political wing of the BJP and dismissed the probe agency's charges against the party and its national convener Kejriwal calling them blatant and frivolous lies.
Kejriwal on Monday skipped the Enforcement Directorate's summons in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board.
The AAP termed the ED summons «illegal» and accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of «using» the probe agency to target Kejriwal and stop him from campaigning in the Lok Sabha polls.
Reacting to the AAP's charge, Patra said, «Nine-odd summonses have been issued to Kejriwal in the last six months and he has skipped all of them making some excuses or other. But these excuses are not going to work.»
«How far you will run away from the long hand of the law. It will eventually catch you when there is evidence. The storm is coming and it will certainly come when you have
