Did Delhi L-G Allow ED To Prosecute Arvind Kejriwal? Row Erupts Over Excise Policy Case Ahead Of Polls

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to a now-scrapped excise policy, according to multiple media outlets on Saturday. Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), however, dismissed the reports as “fake news”, in a fresh row that broke out in the run-up to assembly elections in the national capital.The ED allegedly found a “huge level of corruption in framing and implementation” of the excise policy, and hence, reached out to Saxena earlier this month for his nod to prosecute Kejriwal.The probe agency’s appeal was mentioned in prosecution complaint no. 7 filed in the Rouse Avenue court on May 17 this year. The court took cognisance of the complaint on July 9.Meanwhile, AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Priyanka Kakkar, Atishi and Manish Sisodia claimed that ED is “spreading fake news”. They said that a copy of the permission should be given to them if such an order has been passed.