The Enforcement Directorate, probing the excise policy case, on Friday, asked Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to appear for questioning in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.
He has been asked to be present before the agency on January 3.
On Thursday, Kejriwal skipped the second summons issued by the ED, alleging they were issued at the behest of political rivals who wish to silence the voice of the opposition.
On Wednesday, in a reply to the investigating agency, he had said the summons do not specify whether he was being called as "a witness or a suspect" or as the "chief minister, Delhi or the Aam Aadmi Party's national convener".
"The timing of your summons leaves much to desire and strengthens my belief that the summons being sent to me are not based upon any objective or rational yardstick but for extraneous considerations at the behest of political rivals who wish to silence the voice of opposition to the ruling dispensation at the Centre to create sensational news in the final few months leading up to the Parliamentary elections in early to mid 2024," the reply had read.
