Arvind Kejriwal News Updates: Delhi CM Grilled by CBI For 9 Hrs, Says ‘Answered All Questions…Scam is Fake’

After being questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for over nine hours in connection with the excise policy scam case, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated that the liquor scam case against him is fake and a result of dirty politics. Kejriwal spoke to reporters after the questioning and thanked the CBI officials for their hospitality, saying that they asked questions in a friendly and harmonious manner. READ MORE HERE

Talking to reporters after coming out of the CBI office, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said he answered all the questions posed by the agency in connection with the liquor scam case.

“CBI questioning was conducted for 9.5 hours. I answered all the questions. The entire alleged liquor scam is false and bad politics. AAP is ‘kattar imaandaar party’. They want to finish AAP but the country’s people are with us,” Kejriwal said.

Kejriwal’s questioning by the CBI in the excise policy case ended after nearly nine hours.

AAP cabinet minister Gopal Rai has called for an emergency meeting at 5pm on Sunday amid CBI grilling of Arvind Kejriwal.

AAP leaders including Bhagwant Mann, Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and others, who were protesting outside the CBI office have been detained by Delhi police.

Several AAP leaders, including Punjab ministers and MLAs, Sunday alleged they were stopped from entering Delhi, as the party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the CBI for questioning in the excise policy case.

The party’s leaders from Punjab were headed for Delhi in a show support to Chief Minister Kejriwal, who was summoned by the federal agency to its office in the national capital in connection with irregularities in formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped excise policy.

The ruling party in Punjab claimed that ministers Bram Shanker Jimpa, Dr Balbir Singh and Harjot Singh Bains, and MLAs Dinesh Chadha and Kuljit Randhawa were among those stopped at the Singhu border and not allowed to enter Delhi.

Arvind Kejriwal’s legal team is also present during the questioning, however, they have been asked to stay at a visible but not hearing distance, said sources.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the CBI on Sunday for questioning in the excise policy case as party leaders staged protest outside the agency’s office and elsewhere in the city.

In a five-minute video message on Twitter ahead of his arrival at the heavily fortified agency headquarters at 11:10 am, Kejriwal claimed that the BJP might have ordered the agency to arrest him.

The AAP leader asserted that he would truthfully and honestly answer questions posed by the CBI in the excise case as he has nothing to hide.

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sunday said investigation agencies such as CBI, ED work on the basis of facts, not emotions. Patra was replying to queries by reporters on CBI summons to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the excise policy scam case on Sunday.

He told a press conference that the good thing about democracy in India is that no one in this country should think he or she is above law or can evade law.

Patra said the investigation agency wants to find out “Who is the kingpin of the Delhi liquor scam? Did Manish Sisodia solely make this excise policy on his own, or someone else is also involved in this? The agency had summoned Kejriwal on Friday last seeking his appearance as a witness before the investigation team to answer their queries on the inputs generated during the probe in which his former deputy Manish Sisodia was also arrested on February 26,” officials said.

AAP leaders including Bhagwant Mann, Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and others protest outside the CBI office.

Heavy traffic snarls were witnessed in several parts of the national capital on Sunday following protests by AAP workers against the summoning of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI in the excise policy case.

Traffic jams were witnessed in the protest sites of Anand Vihar Terminal, ITO Chowk, Mukarba Chowk Peera Garhi Chowk, Lado Sarai Chowk,  Crown Plaza Chowk, Dwarka More Sec 6 and Sec 2 Chauraha, Pecific Wala Chowk Subhash Nagar More, Prem Wari Chauraha Ring Road, New Delhi Railway Station Ajmeri Gate Side, Bara Hanuman Mandir,  Karol Bagh Chowk,  IIT Crossing, ISBT Kashmiri Gate, Raj Ghat and NH 24 Near Murga Mandi Gazipur.

A serpentine queue of vehicles unable to move an inch due to the AAP protest was seen.

Will answer all the questions. BJP leaders are talking about it (my arrest); CBI is controlled by BJP, says Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal before reaching CBI Office.

On a day Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the CBI in the excise policy case, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party used activist Anna Hazare to capture power in the name of corruption.  Rijiju also shared portions of an undated interview of Hazare in which the activist purportedly sounded critical of the Delhi excise policy.

“Now they have captured power I am sure they will not even listen to Annaji.  Corruption was an excuse to fool Annaji and the people.

“Anna ji was used only to capture Power and to loot the resources in the name of corruption,” the Union minister wrote in English and Hindi on Twitter.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the CBI on Sunday for questioning in the excise policy scam case, officials said.

The agency had summoned him on Friday last seeking his appearance as a witness before the investigation team to answer their queries on the inputs generated during the probe in which his former deputy Manish Sisodia was also arrested on February 26, they said.

Kejriwal arrived in his car at the heavily fortified CBI headquarters, where the Delhi Police has put in place four rings of barricading to prevent any possible protests by the Aam Admi Party leaders and supporters.

Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat ahead of his appearance before CBI in connection with the liquor scam case.

“Some anti-national forces don’t want India to develop. I want to tell these forces that the country will continue to progress,” Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said before leaving for CBI office.

Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal leave for the CBI office for questioning in connection with the liquor same case.