Assam Chief Himanta Biswa Sarma took a dig at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the liquor policy case, saying that an individual disrespecting a summons solely “invitations his personal arrest”.
“When an individual is summoned eight to 9 occasions, and he doesn’t respect the summons, which means he’s inviting his personal arrest. If he had responded to the primary summons and appeared earlier than it (Enforcement Directorate), possibly he would not have been arrested in the present day,” he mentioned.
Sarma’s comment got here simply hours after the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) resumed its Lok Sabha election marketing campaign in Assam on Saturday and announced five guarantees for the people within the northeastern state.
Based on the occasion, the 5 ensures targeted on flood administration, bettering training and healthcare, defending the Assamese tradition, reforms for the tea business and employment alternatives.
As its attempting to make its foray into the state, the occasion has fielded two candidates in Assam for the upcoming nationwide polls — Manoj Dhanowar from Dibrugarh and Rishiraj Kauntilya from Sonitpur.
Following the announcement on Saturday, AAP chief Dilip Pandey mentioned in Dibrugarh that “Arvind Kejriwal’s assure is he does what he says”.
“The entire nation is aware of that first in Delhi, after which Punjab, no matter Arvind Kejriwal had promised, he has fulfilled every one in all them, be it electrical energy, water provide, faculties, employment, ladies’s security, pilgrimage for outdated individuals and pension. Arvind Kejriwal is the one politician who has fulfilled all his guarantees,” he added.
The Enforcement Directorate arrested the AAP nationwide convenor on March 21 from his residence in Delhi in reference to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor coverage.
Earlier that day, the Delhi Excessive Courtroom refused to grant interim reduction to Kejriwal linked to the a number of summonses issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate within the case.
He’s currently in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate till March 28.