The BJP on Sunday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party after the Enforcement Directorate summoned chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a second money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and ninth summons in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva accused Kejriwal of repeatedly flouting the law by skipping the nine summons sent to AAP chief by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday and claimed that him taking a bail for evading ED summons confirms the validity of the summons. He said, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, after disrespecting the summons which he previously claimed were illegal, has now taken bail, confirming the validity of the summons.  Taking potshots at Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is in jail in the liquor scam policy, Sachdeva questioned the conduct and language of the AAP leaders and said that they resemble thugs and looters. "Arvind Kejriwals former Deputy Chief Minister has been in jail for over a year in the liquor scam case, and another MP has also been in jail for a long time, but the repeated assertion by the Aam Aadmi Party that there was no scam in the liquor policy is ludicrous in itself." He further took a jibe at Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi and said, "Firstly, what was the need to change the liquor policy in Delhi, and if the new liquor policy was good, why did it have to be withdrawn as soon as the investigation began?" Delhi BJP stated that the new policy was aimed to push Delhis youth into addiction and to loot money from them. He further said that Kejriwals second summon is in the Delhi Jal Board case, stating that it is another proof of looting. He said, The people of Delhi know how the Jal Board has been looted, and the BJP has always said that the Jal Board scam is bigger than the liquor scam. When Kejriwal came to power, he made big promises to end the tanker mafia, while at that time the Jal Board was making a profit of Rs 1200 crore, but today it is incurring a loss of Rs 80,000 crore. BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj who is also contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the New Delhi seat,claimed that Arvind Kejriwal is accountable for the Delhi excise policy case and he is repeatedly disrespecting the ED summons by not appearing before the probe agency for questioning. Swaraj, refuted Atishis claims and pointed out it is Mr Kejriwal who has "zero knowledge" of the law. "Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is educated. His entire cabinet is full of educated people... The investigation is being done in the liquor policy case. Arvind Kejriwal becomes accountable and will have to explain why the Aam Aadmi Party is doing so much corruption... When you are sent a summon, it is your responsibility to respect it and respond, but whenever you disrespect the summons, then you are committing a new crime... Arvind Kejriwal has disregarded the last eight summons..." Swaraj, said. Earlier, reacting to the summons to AAP national convenor in the second case, Delhi minister Atishi told reporters on Sunday that, Nobody knows what this DJB case is about. This seems to be a backup plan to arrest Arvind Kejriwal anyhow and stop him from campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls. Atishi said two summonses asking Kejriwal to appear before the federal agency next week were received hours after the Lok Sabha poll date announcement on Saturday. One of them is related to the excise policy case and the other to the DJB, she added. The AAP leader charged that the BJP was using ED and CBI as its "goons" to finish off political opponents.

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