About 10-12 premises in the national capital are being covered as part of the raids being undertaken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED, on Wednesday, issued a fresh summon to Kejriwal, and he was told to appear before the central probe agency on Friday. That was the fifth summon issued to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor.
The number of police personnel deployed at the CM's house has been doubled.
Kejriwal, who was summoned by the ED to appear before it on November 2 for questioning, will be skipping the ED questioning and participate in a roadshow along with his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli.
The Constitution Bench had observed that an unaccountable and non-responsive civil service may pose a serious problem of governance in a democracy.
Kejriwal, who joined the probe at the CBI headquarters at 11.05 a.m., was asked about AAP leader Vijay Nair, businessman Sameer Mahendru and how the policy got leaked before it was implemented.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is summoned by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam.
He claimed that central probe agencies like the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) were going to extreme heights to target their strongest political rivals.
The Commission said that the AAP has been nominated as a national party according to its electoral performance in four states namely Delhi, Goa, Punjab and Gujarat. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party is in power in Delhi and Punjab.
While coming out of the court, Chandrashekhar told reporters that truth has prevailed, and it is Kejriwal's turn next.
The ED has alleged in the charge sheet that it was Vijay Nair, who orchestrated this entire scam. Vijay Nair is in jail in the Delhi liquor scam case.
Taking to his Instagram, Vishal shared a video of Kejriwal’s lookalike and wrote, “Arvind Kejriwal selling chat in Gwalior.”
AAP has a long way to go to pose any serious threat to the BJP as a credible alternative. It must have a clear narrative and distinct ideology to achieve any semblance of success at the national level.
Mandoli jail inmate, Chandrashekhar, through his letter gave his consent for the lie-detector test only if Kejriwal and jailed AAP leader Satyendar Jain also agree to do so.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Centre had already put a lid on the issue way back in 2010.
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