The Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi withheld its verdict on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) request for the custodial questioning of Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, in connection with the excise policy case.

The detained Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, who appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court, persistently asserted that his arrest was a “political machination” and affirmed that his governing state would respond decisively to the “plotters”. Kejriwal personally presented his arguments in the courtroom during the excise policy case hearing, denoting that a deceptive facade depicting the AAP as “corrupt” had been fabricated before the populace.

Kejriwal articulated his assertions while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) brought him before the tribunal presided over by Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, soliciting an additional seven days of custody, contending that he needed to confront certain individuals associated with the case.

“The ED harbors dual intentions – first, to concoct a facade to dismantle AAP, and second, to establish an extortion scheme. Raghav Reddy contributed 55 crores to the BJP. He procured his release on bail. The money trail is unequivocally evident,” Kejriwal conveyed in his presentation.

“I have been apprehended… yet no court has deemed me culpable. The CBI has submitted 31,000 pages (of chargesheets), and the ED submitted 25,000 pages. Even upon a combined perusal… the query persists… why have I been detained?” Kejriwal queried the court.

“My name was mentioned merely four times… and once it was ‘C Arvind’. He purported that, in his presence, Sisodia provided me with certain documents. However, legislators visited my residence daily… to furnish me with documents, to deliberate on governance matters. Is a statement of this nature sufficient to apprehend a sitting Chief Minister?” Kejriwal further questioned.