Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal likely to attend court hearing today as he seeks trust vote

PTC News Desk: Delhi Assembly is all set to address proceedings of the House today and the motion will be taken up for discussion which has been put forth by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to poach AAP MLAs and topple his government. 

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal is also expected to attend the Delhi court session today to provide an explanation for his absence during the five previous summonses issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) concerning the liquor policy case.

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Notably, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a sixth summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering probe related to irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 case asking him to join the investigation on February 19.

Kejriwal has so far skipped five previous summons issued by the ED on February 2, January 18, January 3, November 2 and December 22, calling them "illegal and politically motivated".

In its sixth charge sheet filed in the case on December 2, 2023, naming AAP leader Sanjay Singh and his aide Sarvesh Mishra, the ED has claimed that the AAP used kickbacks worth Rs 45 crore generated via the policy as part of its assembly elections campaign in Goa in 2022.

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Two senior AAP leaders -- Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh -- are already under judicial custody in the case. Sisodia, who was the then Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, was arrested by the CBI on February 26 following several rounds of questioning and on October 5, the ED arrested Singh, who is a Rajya Sabha member. 

(With inputs from agencies)

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