In relation to an excise policy issue, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was placed on a three-day CBI detention by Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi. During the remand phase, he can have daily 30-minute meetings with his lawyer and wife Sunita. During the remand time, the court permitted them to bring his authorized medications and prepare meals at home.Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was formally detained by the CBI. This happened after the CBI was granted permission by the Rouse Avenue Court to question Kejriwal in court and requested that the evidence they had for his arrest be entered into the record. On Wednesday morning, the CBI took Arvind Kejriwal to Rouse Avenue Court for a hearing in the excise policy case. Sunita Kejriwal, Kejriwal’s wife, was also there.
Arvind Kejriwal won’t bow down, says Punjab CM
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will not bow down no matter how much atrocities are committed on him. Mann’s statement came a day after the Delhi chief minister was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a corruption case linked to the alleged excise scam. The Punjab chief minister also shared Kejriwal’s picture in a post on X. This picture represents the struggle against dictatorship. Arvind Kejriwal will not bow down, no matter how much atrocities you commit. The CBI’s arrest after the ED’s bail is a blatant misuse of the CBI at the behest of the BJP,” Mann posted in Hindi on X.
Aam Admi Party MPs to boycott of President Murmu’s address to Parliament
Following the Rouse Avenue Court’s decision to place Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under three days of CBI remand in the Delhi Excise Policy case, the Aam Aadmi Party declared that its members would not attend President Droupadi Murmu’s speech to the joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday. Following the establishment of the third National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, this will be the first speech given by the president. A resolution of thanks will be made in both Houses of Parliament after the President’s speech, and the members will debate it.
CBI gets CM’s 3-day custody, court says arrest not illegal
CM Arvind Kejriwal was ordered to CBI detention for three days on Wednesday by a municipal court, which ruled that his arrest in the Delhi excise policy issue was “not illegal.” In an eighteen-page ruling, Court of Vacation Judge Amitabh Rawat stated that the accused should be remanded since, at this point in the investigation, witness testimony and documentary evidence will be taken into consideration. “The investigating agency has the right to conduct an investigation. Since the law provides some protections, it is not yet possible to conclude that the arrest was unlawful based on the information in the file. But the agency shouldn’t be unduly vigilant, the court ruled. After the court granted the CBI permission to question Kejriwal, the agency detained him during the hearing and to produce documents for his arrest. The agency had sought five days of custody.
