Delhi CM Kejriwal likely to be arrested today, claim AAP ministers

Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj, late on Wednesday, asserted, based on undisclosed information, that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is poised to arrest chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday.

Kejriwal, facing ED's summons related to the Delhi Excise Policy case, skipped the summons on Wednesday.

Atishi, Delhi's law and PWD minister, posted on X, "News coming in that ED is going to raid @ArvindKejriwal's residence tomorrow morning. Arrest likely."

Following this, health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj also claimed ED's impending arrest of Kejriwal.

These assertions emerged after the chief minister skipped the third ED summons issued on January 3 regarding the alleged Delhi liquor scam case.

Kejriwal, in his reply to ED, expressed willingness to cooperate but deemed the notice "illegal" and questioned its timing, suggesting political motives ahead of the 2024 parliamentary elections. The AAP also raised concerns about the timing of the notice just before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.