Didn't I go to CBI? BJP only wants to stop me from campaigning: Kejriwal

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday issued a video message amid intense speculation that he would be arrested in connection with the alleged liquor scam. “For the last two years, you have heard the words sharab ghotala several times. There have been multiple raids in connection. Agencies didn't find a single rupee.

Where did the money go? Did it just vanish in the air? The truth is there has been no corruption,” Kejriwal said in a video message, day after skipping the third summons of the Enforcement Directorate. Didn't I go to CBI? BJP only wants to stop me from campaigning: Kejriwal(HT_PRINT) “Many AAP leaders have been falsely implicated in this connection and they are languishing in jail while there is no evidence against them.

Now the Jp wants to arrest me. My biggest strength is my honesty. They want to defame me, hurt my image by false accusations,” Kejriwal said. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here Speaking on the summons, Kejriwal said his lawyers told him that the summonses were illegal.

"I wrote in detail why their summonses were illegal. But they did not reply because they had no reply. Should I follow illegal summonses? I will cooperate if a legal summons is sent to me," Kejriwal said. "The BJP has nothing to investigate. They just want to stop me from campaigning in the Lok Sabha election.

Otherwise, why would they summon me just ahead of the elections? The investigation has been going on for two years. The CBI called me eight months ago. Didn't I attend that? I provided all answers to whatever the CBI asked. But they just want to arrest me on the pretext of summoning me," Kejriwal added.

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