Delhi L-G Sanctions ED To Prosecute Kejriwal? Row Erupts Over Excise Policy Case Ahead of Polls

Last Updated:December 21, 2024, 12:34 IST

According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours were extended to the licence holders.

Arvind Kejriwal launched the programme. (PTI File)

Lieutenant governor V K Saxena has reportedly given sanction to the Enforcement Directorate to prosecute Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case. This comes just a month before assembly elections in Delhi.

The ED allegedly found a “huge level of corruption in framing and implementation" of the excise policy, and hence, reached out to Saxena earlier this month for his nod to prosecute Kejriwal.

The probe agency’s appeal was mentioned in prosecution complaint no. 7 filed in the Rouse Avenue court on May 17 this year. The court took cognisance of the complaint on July 9.

Meanwhile, AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Priyanka Kakkar and Manish Sisodia claimed that ED is “spreading fake news". They said that a copy of the permission should be given to them if such an order has been passed.

The money laundering case stems from a CBI case lodged after Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena recommended a probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy.

According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours were extended to the licence holders.

The Delhi government implemented the policy on November 17, 2021, and scrapped it by the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption.

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