Delhi Excise Policy Scam: CBI questions CM Arvind Kejriwal for nine hours | HIGHLIGHTS

They want to finish AAP because they cannot build schools, hospitals as AAP has done in Delhi, Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal.

CBI asked around 56 questions regarding excise policy, I answered them all: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said 'Liquor scam case is fake, result of dirty politics.'

Want to thank CBI officials for hospitality, they asked questions in friendly, harmonious manner: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

CBI questioning was conducted for 9.5 hours. The entire alleged liquor scam is fake, AAP is 'kattar imaandaar party'. They want to finish AAP but the country's people are with us...: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal speaks after nine hours of CBI questioning in an excise policy 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: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned by the CBI on Sunday for nearly nine hours in connection with the excise policy scam case, officials said. The AAP chief, who arrived at the heavily fortified agency headquarters at around 11 am in his official black SUV, was taken to the first-floor office of the Anti Corruption Branch where he was quizzed by the investigation team, they said. Kejriwal waved to the waiting mediapersons as he left the building at around 8.30 pm after nearly nine hours of questioning. The chief minister had a lunch break during the day, they said. AAP leader Manish Sisodia was arrested on February 26 after nearly eight hours of questioning in the case with officials saying his answers were not satisfactory. He later quit as deputy chief minister of Delhi. Senior officials of the agency remained present in the office on Sunday to keep an eye on the development, a normal course whenever a VIP comes to the agency, they said.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal leaves the CBI office after nine hours of questioning in the liquor policy case.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal questioned for nearly nine hours by CBI in excise policy scam case: Officials.

Punjab minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Sunday defended Delhi's excise policy for which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was summoned for questioning by the CBI, saying his state had benefited by following the same blueprint. The Punjab Finance minister also slammed the BJP-led central government for "targeting" the AAP supremo, saying it is scared of the Delhi chief minister's "rising popularity". Cheema, who also holds the Excise portfolio, said the same policy implemented in Punjab led to a 41 per cent jump in revenues from liquor. "If it was not a good policy, then how come the revenue increased so much?" he asked while accusing the BJP of not wanting to end the liquor mafia in the country. Kejriwal was on Sunday questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the excise policy case amid protests by his party as the AAP chief accused the agency of acting at the behest of the BJP.

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Sunday slammed the BJP for "targeting" AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying it is scared of the Delhi chief minister's "rising popularity".
Kejriwal was on Sunday questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the excise policy case amid protests by his party as the AAP chief accused the agency of acting at the behest of the BJP. The Delhi chief minister was summoned as a witness and is not an accused in the excise policy case in which his former deputy Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26. Sisodia was last month arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)and is in judicial custody. Cheema condemned the BJP-led Centre for summoning Kejriwal and dubbed it a "murder of democracy". "Today, the BJP's dictatorial attitude has been exposed before the people," he told reporters.

AAP workers on Sunday tried to gherao the CBI office here on Sunday as they protested against the Centre over the probe agency's questioning of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case, but the police thwarted their attempt. Later, the party workers blocked the Tonk Road at the Narayan Singh Circle and raised slogans against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government. Kejriwal reached the heavily fortified headquarters of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Delhi at around 11 am. The questioning was still continuing till 5:30 pm. The agency had summoned Kejriwal on Friday 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.

Aam Aadmi Party held a protest in support of Delhi CM & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal at Singhu border in Delhi.

AAP leaders held a meeting with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann at Kapurthala House in New Delhi. Gopal Rai, Pankaj Gupta and many other senior leaders of AAP were present in the meeting.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned by the CBI on Sunday in the excise policy case, amid protests by his Aam Aadmi Party which accused the agency of acting at the behest of the BJP. In a five-minute video message on Twitter before arriving at the heavily fortified headquarters of the Central Bureau of Investigation at around 11 am, Kejriwal claimed that the BJP might have ordered the agency to arrest him. The AAP chief, who received solidarity messages from a number of opposition leaders after being summoned by the agency, asserted that he would honestly answer questions posed by the CBI in the excise case as he has nothing to hide. The BJP, which accused Kejriwal of indulging in theatrics to divert attention from corruption, has dared him to undergo a lie-detector test and said it was not the time for rhetoric but accountability. Kejriwal visited Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Raj Ghat this morning and was accompanied by his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann and some cabinet colleagues to the CBI office.

AAP leaders including Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, Atishi, Kailash Gahlot and Saurabh Bharadwaj who were protesting outside the CBI office earlier today against CM Arvind Kejriwal's questioning by CBI were detained & brought to Najafgarh police station in Delhi.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held a protest in Amritsar, Punjab earlier today against the CBI questioning of Delhi CM & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise case.

AAP Delhi Convenor Gopal Rai held an emergency meeting in view of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's questioning by CBI.  AAP National Secretary Pankaj Gupta, Mayor of Delhi Shelly Oberoi & Deputy Mayor Aale Iqbal are also present at the meeting.

Several senior AAP leaders were on Sunday "detained" by the Delhi Police while they were staging a sit-in to protest against the summoning of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI in connection with the excise policy case. The detainees included Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, Adil Ahmad Khan, Pankaj Gupta and some ministers in the Punjab government. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who also joined the sit-in on Archbishop Road, had left the spot before the AAP leaders' detention. Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed, "The police have arrested all ministers and members. We were peacefully sitting here but the police have illegally arrested all of us." "The Delhi Police has arrested us for sitting peacefully and is taking us to some unknown place... what kind of dictatorship is this?" Chadha tweeted in Hindi. The CBI summoned Kejriwal to its office to answer questions of the investigation team as a witness in the excise policy case, according to a notice issued by the agency.

Aam Aadmi Party leaders including Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh and others detained by Delhi Police for protesting near CBI office in Delhi. Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is currently being questioned by CBI in connection with the liquor scam case.

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. "I have been summoned by CBI today and I will give all the answers with honesty. These people are very powerful. They can send anyone to jail, it does not matter if that person has committed any crime or not," the AAP leader said.

Hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who arrived at the CBI office in the national capital on Sunday for questioning in connection with the liquor policy case, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said the former "loves power, position and corruption money" and not the country.Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Patra said, "Arvind Kejriwal held a press conference earlier today saying he loves India very much. I wish to tell him that he only loves his power, position and your corruption money. I would advise him not to abuse India," Patra said.

As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in connection with the excise policy case, Delhi Minister Atishi attacked the BJP-led Centre claiming it was scared of the growing popularity of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor."Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scared of the growing popularity of Arvind Kejriwal. This is the reason why the leaders of AAP are being put in jail. This is the reason Arvind Kejriwal has been called for questioning by CBI. They say that it is a scam of thousands of crores but till now they have not been able to prove that even a single rupee was embezzled. The entire country is with Arvind Kejriwal," Atishi told ANI.

As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case of the Union Territory government, a top official of India's premier probing agency on Sunday said the CBI investigate matters on merits. "We investigate the matter on merits," the official told media. Kejriwal on Sunday said that the central agency will arrest him if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has given the orders.In a video message released on Sunday morning, Kejriwal said, "They (CBI) have called me today and I will definitely go. They are very powerful, they can send anyone to jail. If BJP has ordered CBI to arrest me, then CBI will obviously follow their instructions."He further said, "You (BJP) say that I am corrupt. I was a Commissioner in the Income Tax department, I could have earned crores if I wanted to. If Arvind Kejriwal is corrupt then there is no one in this world who is honest."Kejriwal will appear before the CBI on Sunday for questioning in connection with the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Union Territory government.

Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal reaches CBI office for questioning in the liquor scam case.

"Will answer all the questions. BJP leaders are talking about it (my arrest). CBI is controlled by BJP," accused Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said as he left for the probing agency's office in Delhi.

Delhi CM, who has reached the CBI office for questioning in a liquor policy case, alleged the central agency of working with the central government's directions. "Will answer all the questions. BJP leaders are talking about it (my arrest); CBI is controlled by BJP," he said.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has reached the CBI office for questioning in the liquor scam case. Earlier today, he also visited Raj Ghat where he took blessings from Mahatma Gandhi.

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

Over 1,000 security personnel, including paramilitary forces, will be deployed outside the CBI headquarters here in Lodhi Road on Sunday as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is expected to appear at the agency's office in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 case. According to officials, security measures will also be heightened outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office located near Rouse Avenue Court. To prevent any trouble from AAP workers or supporters, an adequate number of barricades will be set up on the surrounding streets. "We have put in place a comprehensive security arrangement, and as he is a Chief Minister, there will undoubtedly be tight security for his safety," said a senior police officer. The official further stated that over 1,000 security personnel, including paramilitary forces, will be deployed outside the CBI headquarters to ensure that no unpleasant incidents occur. "Section 144 CrPC to be imposed in the area," said DCP (South) Chandan Chaudhary.

Activists of the AAP will hold a protest against the BJP-led central government in Amritsar on Sunday. Punjab Assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan called Kejriwal as the “hero of honest politics” who follows Babasaheb BR Ambedkar. “Threatening Arvind Kejriwal through CBI summons cannot stop the revolutionary steps being taken in the field of health and education,” he said in a statement.

The CBI move drew sharp criticism from Delhi's ruling party while BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi said that if the probe agency summoned Kejriwal, it must have had "some corruption charges" against him. Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, a key aide of Kejriwal, is in jail over alleged irregularities in the excise case.

After the CBI summons on Friday, Mann had said that it was very difficult to suppress Kejriwal’s voice. "We are standing with him like a rock," he had said. “It is very difficult to suppress the voice of Arvind Kejriwal ji. Those who speak the truth make place in the people's hearts. No one can delete anyone from the hearts of the people. We are standing with him like a rock," Mann had tweeted in Hindi.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann would accompany Kejriwal to the CBI office on Sunday. During his visit to the CBI office, Kejriwal's cabinet colleagues and all the MPs of AAP will also be with him. In a major development in the Delhi excise policy case, the CBI summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in connection with the liquor policy case, on April 16.

Aam Aadmi Party will stage a protest in the national capital during the questioning of party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the CBI office on Sunday, sources said. Kejriwal has been summoned by the CBI in connection with the Delhi Excise policy case, to which the Chief Minister said he would appear for questioning.