Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, ahead of CBI date, says "some anti-national forces do not want India to develop"

New Delhi, Apr 16: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday (Apr 16) in the excise policy case, attacked the Centre saying some anti-national forces do not want India to develop.

 

  

 

 

"Some anti-national forces do not want India to develop. I want to tell these forces that the country will continue to progress," Kejriwal told reporters outside his residence. Kejriwal held a high-level meeting with top leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday ahead of joining. The meeting was held at Kejriwal's residence. Several Delhi ministers, including Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, Rajkumar Anand, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain, were present at the meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan and Punjab Assembly speaker Sardar Kultar Singh Sandhwan also attended the meeting. AAP MPs Raghav Chadha, ND Gupta and Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel were also present at the meeting in Kejriwal's residence. According to sources, the meeting was called to discuss the next course of action after Kejriwal's questioning by the CBI on Sunday (Apr 16). The Delhi CM on Sunday said the central agency will arrest him if the BJP government has given the orders.

 

 

In a video message released on Sunday (Apr 16) morning, Kejriwal said, "They (CBI) have called me today and I will definitely go. They are very powerful, they can send anyone to jail. If BJP has ordered CBI to arrest me, then CBI will obviously follow their instructions." He further said, "You (BJP) say that I am corrupt. I was a Commissioner in the Income Tax department, I could have earned crores if I wanted to. If Arvind Kejriwal is corrupt then there is no one in this world who is honest."

 

 

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