The Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) on Wednesday mentioned that it’ll current its stand in court docket on why the a number of Enforcement Directorate (ED) summonses in opposition to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have been “illegal” and a part of “political conspiracy”.
The social gathering’s response got here after Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court docket summoned Kejriwal on February 17 on a grievance filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in opposition to him skipping summons in a money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage.
AAP chief and Delhi Minister Atishi, whereas addressing a press convention, mentioned that her social gathering “respects the court’s order” and would current its stance on why the Chief Minister skipped 5 summonses issued by the probe company.
“We respect the decision of the court and will present our side in front of the court bench. We will explain to the court why Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal did not go to the ED even after five summons from the agency,” Atishi mentioned.
Moreover, Atishi alleged that Enforcement Directorate summonses are “part of the conspiracy” to cease the Chief Minister from campaigning within the Lok Sabha elections and arrest him.
“By using investigating agencies like ED, the BJP wants the Delhi Chief Minister to go to its investigating agency’s office and get him arrested,” Atishi mentioned.
“We will inform the court that all five summons sent by the ED were 100 per cent illegal and unlawful. After receiving each summon from the ED, the Delhi Chief Minister responded to them in writing, detailing the illegal components of the summons. He posed various questions through his responses to the ED, but the investigating agency never replied. Additionally, despite five summons, the ED could not prove the legality of its summons,” she mentioned.
Atishi added that the dearth of response from ED to the letters of Chief Minister Kejriwal is “proof that ED does not have any evidence to establish the legality of its summons”.
“We will also inform the court about how, just before the release of the summons from the ED, BJP, through a press conference, predicted that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would go to jail. Immediately after the press conference, the ED sent summons to him. This chronology of events proves that ED summons are politically motivated and illegal. This shows that it is a conspiracy to call Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to ED and arrest him there,” she said.
The Delhi minister further said that the party would inform the court “how, along with these summons, conspiracies are also being hatched to topple the Delhi government”.
“Operation Lotus has begun again. People from the BJP are approaching AAP MLAs for poaching and offering them money and tickets. The MLAs are being told by the BJP that now Kejriwal has received summons from the ED and will be arrested soon,” she mentioned.
The AAP chief on Friday skipped the fifth summons issued to him by the ED. The company issued the summons to him final Wednesday.
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