New Delhi, 18th Jan. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday claimed that the summons he received from the ED are “illegal” and part of a political plot to prevent him from campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
He said that the purpose of these summons is to arrest him before the high-octane polls, which are expected to take place in April-May.
Kejriwal stated that he has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for the fourth time and has been asked to appear before the agency on either January 18 or January 19.
“The BJP is running the ED. They only intend to arrest me so that I cannot campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections,” he said.
Kejriwal said he had sent his reply to the central agency.
“The four notices sent me are illegal in the eyes of the law. Such general, non-specific notices have been quashed in the past by the courts. I have repeatedly written to the ED saying the notices are illegal but they have not replied to me,” he told reporters on the sidelines of an event.
Alleging that the notices are being sent under a “political conspiracy”, he said the probe into the excise policy case has been going on for two years but “nothing” has been found yet.
“False statements are being extracted out of people by beating them,” he said.
