Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday congratulated his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann after the latter was blessed with a daughter at a non-public hospital in Mohali.
Whereas popping out of the courtroom after his listening to within the liquor coverage case, Kejriwal mentioned, “I congratulate Bhagwant Mann on being blessed with a baby girl”.
Saying the information, Mann took to X (previously often called Twitter) and wrote: “God has given the gift of a daughter. Both mother and the child are healthy”. Bhagwant Mann married Dr Gurpreet Kaur on in July 2022, in Chandigarh, 4 months after he took oath because the Chief Minister of Punjab.
In the meantime, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court docket prolonged Arvind Kejriwal’s Enforcement Directorate remand by 4 days until April 1. The Chief Minister was produced earlier than Particular Decide Kaveri Baweja the place the probe company sought his seven-day additional custody arguing he wanted to be confronted with some individuals linked with the case.
The Enforcement Directorate alleged that Kejriwal was giving evasive replies and never disclosing passwords of his digital units.
Arvind Kejriwal, then again, claimed {that a} smokescreen of the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) being corrupt has been created earlier than the nation. The AAP chief himself made submissions in courtroom. In his submissions, Kejriwal mentioned, “I am named by four witnesses in the excise policy case. Are 4 statements enough to arrest a sitting CM?”
The Chief Minister additionally mentioned that he was able to face the Enforcement Directorate probe. He additionally asserted that the motive of the probe company was to crush AAP.
“I am not opposing the remand petition of the ED. The ED can keep me in custody for as many days as it wants. But this is a scam,” the Delhi CM mentioned.
“The ED had two objectives. One is to crush AAP, and the second is to create a smokescreen and run an extortion racket behind it through which they are collecting money,” Kejriwal added.