‘AAP is kattar imaandaar party’, says Kejriwal after CBI questioning |Highlights

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday after being questioned by the CBI for nine hours said that his AAP party is a “kattar imaandaar party”. “CBI questioning was conducted for 9.5 hours. I answered all the questions. The entire alleged liquor scam is false and bad politics. They want to finish AAP but the country's people are with us,” he said.

AAP leaders who were detained by police for protesting outside the CBI office earlier today against CM Arvind Kejriwal's questioning by CBI, released from Najafgarh police station.

Delhi Assembly is set to discuss the "unprecedented situation in Delhi where Central Government is misusing the agencies like CBI and ED to destabilise the Government of Delhi by arresting the Chief Minister on frivolous grounds" tomorrow, Raj Kumar, Secretary, Delhi Assembly said.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's CBI questioning in the Excise Policy case concluded after nine hours on Sunday evening.

Shortly after being detained by the Delhi Police for protesting near the CBI office against the summons to Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Sunday said that the party which was “carved out of the anti-corruption movement has seen all kinds of struggle and is not scared of CBI, ED or police detention.”

AAP leaders held a meeting with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann at Kapurthala House in New Delhi.

Gopal Rai, Pankaj Gupta and many other senior leaders of AAP were present in the meeting, reported ANI. 

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai held a meeting at 5 PM at the party's office on Sunday fearing the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi excise policy case. Read more

Heavy traffic snarls were witnessed on Sunday in several parts of Delhi following protests by AAP workers against the summoning of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI in the excise policy case.

Vehicular movement was choked at the protest sites of Anand Vihar Terminal, ITO Chowk, Mukarba Chowk Peera Garhi Chowk, Lado Sarai Chowk, Crown Plaza Chowk, Dwarka More Sec 6 and Sec 2 Chauraha, Pecific Wala Chowk Subhash Nagar More, Prem Wari Chauraha Ring Road, New Delhi Railway Station Ajmeri Gate Side, Bara Hanuman Mandir, Karol Bagh Chowk, IIT Crossing, ISBT Kashmiri Gate, Raj Ghat and NH 24 near Murga Mandi Gazipur, reported PTI. 

"More than 1500 people protesting in support of Arvind Kejriwal have been arrested by the police. Out of which 1379 people have been kept in different police stations and others are being rotated in buses," AAP minister Gopal Rai tweets amid Kejriwal's CBI probe.

"We will continue to support Arvind Kejriwal our entire lives. We are with him no matter what," says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann as Delhi counterpart faces CBI probe in liquor policy case.

As Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal joined CBI's probe into the alleged liquor policy scam case, ‘Kejriwal rukega nahi’ trended on Twitter on Sunday. AAP has been protesting nationwide against probe agency's questioning on Delhi CM in the case in which his collegue Manish Sisodia is in jail since February 26.

Kiren Rijiju on Saturday asked Kejriwal whether he will file a case against the court too if the court convicts him in the liquor case. Read more.

Referring to Kejriwal's video statement earlier in the day, Patra said the Delhi CM claims he loves India but he actually loves his position. Patra also took a dig at the Opposition unity – after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's show of solidarity to Delhi CM on the CBI probe – claiming it to be “bhrastachariyo ki baraat”.

Several AAP leaders including Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann are staging protest outside CBI office in Delhi as Arvind Kejriwal faces questioning by the agency in liquor policy case. The leaders while slamming the probe, reiterated that they won't leave without taking their CM along.

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal is set to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday for questioning after the probe agency issued a summon on Friday in connection with the alleged irregularities in the capital's now-scrapped 2021-22 excise policy. Read more.

At the meeting held in Kejriwal's residence, several Delhi ministers, namely Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, Rajkumar Anand, Gopal Rai, and Imran Hussain, were present. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan and Punjab Assembly Speaker Sardar Kultar Singh Sandhwan also attended the meeting. AAP MPs Raghav Chadha and ND Gupta, as well as Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, were among the attendees.

The Delhi government had formulated an excise policy for the year 2021-22 with the aim of reviving the liquor industry in the city. The policy proposed that private businesses would be allowed to run the entire liquor business. However, the implementation of the plan was suddenly halted when Delhi's Lieutenant Governor, Vinai Kumar Saxena, recommended an investigation into allegations of irregularities in the regime.

“Arvind Kejriwal ji is being punished for giving the country's education-health model. AAP's fight against this oppression will continue. Kejriwal ji will not bow down, he will continue to fight against dictatorship. There are two shahs in this country. One dictator, the other Amit Shah,” AAP MP Sanjay Singh.

“Let me tell you about CBI now, the CM has no choice. Even if he answers, the CBI will say that he did not. Even if they do not give any answer, the CBI will still say that he refused to answer,” AAP minister Saurabh Bharadwaj.