Kejriwal to skip ED questioning on 21 December as he leaves for 10-day Vipassana meditation training

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal departed on Wednesday for a 10-day Vipassana meditation training at an undisclosed location and will be skipping the ED questioning on 21 December in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam. The chief minister had received new summons from the Enforcement Directorate on Monday for interrogation in connection with a money laundering case involving excise policies. According to officials, Kejriwal was occupied with the INDIA bloc meeting on Tuesday, which prevented him from leaving for the Vipassana training. They said he departed for the prearranged meditation class at 1:30 on Wednesday. The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday questioned the timing of the summons, saying the party’s lawyers are studying the notice and “legally correct” steps will be taken. They said Kejriwal’s Vipassana session was “pre-scheduled” and the information was in the public domain. “Everyone knows the chief minister is leaving for Vipassana on 19 December. He regularly goes for this meditation course. It’s a pre-scheduled and pre-announced plan,” AAP MP Raghav Chadha had said. Earlier, Kejriwal was summoned by the ED on 2 November but he skipped the questioning alleging the notice was illegal and politically motivated. With inputs from agencies