Delhi excise policy: Arvind Kejriwal dismisses case amid ED searches

Kejriwal said the BJP-led central government should do some positive work rather than being obsessed with CBI and ED

Published on: Sep 16, 2022, 13:04:57 IST

By Alok K N Mishra

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Amid reports that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday launched search operations at several locations in multiple states as part of the ongoing probe in the Delhi excise policy case, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal dismissed the case.

Kejriwal was addressing a press conference on Friday morning. (Arvind Kejriwal (Facebook))

“They should arrest (Manish Sisodia). I fail to understand the excise case. A BJP leader said it was a scam of ₹1.5lakh crore, but Delhi has only ₹70,000crore budget. Another leader said it was a scam of ₹8,000 crore, another said it was ₹1,100 crore scam, LG said it was ₹144crore scam while the CBI in its FIR said it was a ₹1 crore scam…What is the scam? They carried out raids at Manish Sisodia (excise minister) residence in which nothing was found. They searched his locker and also went to his village to find out if Manish had purchased land… but nothing was found,” Kejriwal said in a press conference on Friday morning.

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Kejriwal said the BJP-led central government should do some positive work rather than being obsessed with CBI and ED.

“If they do won’t so some positive work, how will country progress like this. Unleashing CBI-ED against everyone…creating terror…this is not how the country will progress,” Kejriwal said.

CBI in August registered a case in alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of excise policy and has made Sisodia an accused.

After the BJP on Thursday released another “sting operation” video purportedly showing a liquor trader claiming corruption in framing and implementation of Delhi’s 2021-22 excise policy, Sisodia dismissed the purported sting and dared the CBI to arrest him if there is any truth in it or else it should be treated as another conspiracy against AAP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise.

The story will be updated when BJP responds to Kejriwal’s charges.

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Alok K N Mishra
Alok K N Mishra is a journalist with the Hindustan Times, New Delhi. He writes on governance, policy and politics. He is an ardent follower of politics and is fascinated about making politics work better for the middle-class and the poor. He loves to discuss and predict the national political behaviour. Before shifting to Delhi, he covered political instability, governance, and misgovernance besides Maoists insurgency in Jharkhand for almost half a decade. He started out in 2010 as a city reporter with Times of India, Patna.Read More

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