By Pankaj Jain: Ahead of his Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioning in the liquor policy case on Sunday, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addressed media persons and said the central probe agency would arrest him if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) instructed it.
“CBI will arrest me if BJP has instructed the agency,” said the AAP leader, who held a high-level meeting of the top party leaders at his residence on Sunday morning.
Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief said, “These people could send anyone to jail. They do not consider even innocent people.”
Kejriwal, who on Friday claimed that there was no liquor policy scam, said, “They (BJP) have become very arrogant. They do not understand anyone and keep threatening whomever they want. They threaten judges, the media and industrialists.”
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“Will sending Kejriwal to jail solve the country’s problems?” he asked.
CM Kejriwal, who will be questioned at 11 am, will be accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, MPs, and ministers from the AAP to the CBI headquarters. According to sources, the CM will go to Raj Ghat in Delhi before going to the CBI headquarters. Security has been beefed up around the CBI headquarters and prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been issued.
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The chief minister had received the summons on Friday, after which his party alleged that the ruling BJP at the Centre was hatching a conspiracy to put Arvind Kejriwal in jail. Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, addressing a press conference, said that pressure was being exerted on the AAP as it got a national party status.
Apart from the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate has questioned Arvind Kejriwal’s personal assistant, Bibhav Kumar, in connection with the excise policy case. It was reported that the ED questioned Arvind Kejriwal’s personal assistant Bibhav Kumar about who spoke or visited the Delhi chief minister in connection to the new excise policy.
