NEW DELHI, Apr 16 (NNN-PTI) – Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, said yesterday that, he would present himself before India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has summoned him, in the liquor policy case.
“I have received summon from the CBI. I will certainly honour it,” Kejriwal told a press conference, saying that, he would go to the premier investigating agency today.
Kejriwal, also leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), said, investigating agencies, like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI “lied” on oath and affidavit, and presented “false” evidence in court about the alleged scam.
“They are saying a bribe of one billion rupees was taken. But they have not found a single rupee. Then they said, it was used in the Goa elections, they did raids and did not find anything,” he said. “Where is the proof of this? All our payments were made with cheques. Show me a single rupee of the one billion rupees you claim we got.”
The CBI has filed a case and is investigating the Delhi Excise Policy, launched in Nov, 2021, under which liquor shop licenses were handed over to private players.
Kejriwal said, the same liquor policy was implemented in Punjab by the AAP, and there, the revenue increased by 50 percent.
“The same policy, which they call corrupt, was introduced in Punjab and has resulted in a 50-percent increase in revenue. It was a game-changing and transparent policy,” he said.
Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, two AAP senior leaders, are presently in jail. Sisodia was arrested in Feb, this year, on corruption charges in the liquor policy case, and Jain was arrested in May, 2022, over money laundering.– NNN-PTI
