Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal To Skip ED Summon Again, Leaves For 10-Day Meditation Camp

Chief Minister of Delhi and Aam Aadmi Party Supremo Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate on December 21 as he left a 10-day Vipassana meditation camp on Wednesday. This is the second that the investigating agency summoned Kejriwal to appear for questioning related to the money laundering in the liquor policy case.

On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate issued a fresh notice to the Delhi CM to appear for grilling after he skipped the November 29 meeting. At that time, Kejriwal chose to skip the grilling stating the summouning was "illegal and politically motivated" He rather went to Rajasthan to attend a political gathering to woo voters for the recently concluded assembly elections.

This time, Arvind Kejriwal will be busy attending a Vipassana meditation camp that has been pre-scheduled until December 30.

AAP MP Raghav Chadha told the media "Everyone knows the Chief Minister is leaving for Vipassana on December 19. He regularly goes for this meditation course. It's a pre-scheduled and pre-announced plan."

"Lawyers are examining the ED's notice and such steps will be taken that are legally correct," the Aam Aadmi Party said in an official statement after its leader was summoned by the ED. The party also added that Kejriwal's legal team will soon respond to the notice Enforcement Directorate's notice.

In the money laundering case related to Delhi's liquor policy, the Aam Aadmi Party's other top leaders namely Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh are also behind bars, while Satyadra Jain has been bailed on the health grounds.

After his mates' arresting, Arvind Kejriwal had accused BJP of conspiring against AAP leaders.

"Now after the formation of the INDIA alliance, the BJP is rattled. We have learned from sources that they have hatched a plan to target top leaders from the INDIA alliance. The first arrest in this plan will be of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal," he said.