{"id":51313,"date":"2024-03-22T09:50:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=51313"},"modified":"2024-03-22T09:51:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:51:01","slug":"punjab-bjp-chief-calls-for-ed-investigation-into-states-excise-policy-following-kejriwals-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/punjab-bjp-chief-calls-for-ed-investigation-into-states-excise-policy-following-kejriwals-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab BJP Chief Calls for ED Investigation into State&#8217;s Excise Policy Following Kejriwal&#8217;s Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chandigarh, Mar 22 : <\/strong>Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar announced on Friday that a party delegation would approach the Election Commission to request an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the state&#8217;s excise policy, which he alleges was modeled after the one in Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jakhar claimed that the excise policy implemented in Punjab mirrors the one that led to the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to excise policy irregularities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A high-powered BJP delegation is scheduled to meet with Election Commission officials on Saturday to formally demand the ED probe into the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jakhar criticized Kejriwal for not resigning immediately following his arrest, accusing him of prioritizing political power over accountability. He also accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of being &#8220;power hungry&#8221; and lacking internal trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Jakhar called on Congress leaders in Punjab, who previously advocated for an ED investigation into the excise policy, to join the BJP&#8217;s efforts in seeking accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the significance of Kejriwal&#8217;s arrest, Jakhar stated that the Delhi Chief Minister would be remembered as the first sitting chief minister to face imprisonment in connection with an excise policy case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrest of Kejriwal has triggered widespread protests by AAP workers across various states, including Punjab, where the issue has sparked renewed political debate and scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, Mar 22 : Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar announced on Friday that a party delegation would approach the Election Commission to request an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the state&#8217;s excise policy, which he alleges was modeled after the one in Delhi. Jakhar claimed that the excise policy implemented in Punjab mirrors the one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,22],"tags":[1032,73,2086,1033,3524,3525],"class_list":{"0":"post-51313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-national","9":"tag-earlypostdaily","10":"tag-india","11":"tag-kejriwal","12":"tag-latestnews","13":"tag-punjab-bjp","14":"tag-punjab-bjp-chief"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51315,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51313\/revisions\/51315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}