ED summons case: Kejriwal appears virtually before court

A Delhi court on Saturday granted exemption to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal from appearing before the court in person, after summons were issued to him on a complaint moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for allegedly evading the summons issued to him by the agency in connection with the probe in the Delhi excise policy case.

- Deepankar Malviya

Kejriwal, however, appeared before the court through virtual conference and submitted that he could not physically appear due to the ongoing budget session and the confident motion in the House.

"Today, I wanted to come (to the court) but then the confidence motion came. Also, the budget session (of the assembly is ongoing. It will go on till March 1. So please give any date after that," Kejriwal said.

The court, on February 7, had directed Kejriwal to appear before the court, while observing that he was legally bound to appear before ED when summonses were issued to him by the agency.