NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned Delhi’s transport minister Kailash Gahlot in reference to its probe associated to the alleged excise coverage rip-off. Gahlot, together with former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and former well being minister Satyendar Jain, was a part of a gaggle of ministers that carried out modifications within the excise coverage that allegedly facilitated the ‘rip-off’.His questioning got here two days earlier than ED’s remand of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will get over on April 1.After questioning, Gahlot says he advised ED no matter he rememberedAam Aadmi Social gathering’s Kailash Gahlot mentioned on Saturday that Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had summoned him for questioning, had a number of queries concerning the scrapped excise coverage of 2021-22. The interrogation lasted for round 5 hours.”They wanted information about every aspect of the excise policy and whatever I remembered about it. I answered to the best of my knowledge,” Gahlot mentioned.When requested if there have been questions on former AAP communications-in-charge Vijay Nair, an accused within the case, Gahlot mentioned, “They asked me if I knew Vijay Nair since he was living in my official residence. I told them that though the house was allotted to me, I had not shifted there nor lived there. I have always lived in my own house in Vasant Kunj.” He claimed he had no thought whether or not Nair was residing in the home allotted to him or not.Sources mentioned Gahlot was questioned with regard to the formulation of the excise coverage as a result of he was a part of the Group of Ministers (GoM) with former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and former city growth minister Satyendar Jain.When requested about allegations that kickbacks from the excise coverage contract was spent within the Goa meeting elections, the minister mentioned, “I have no idea about Goa and I wasn’t a part of campaigning. I had no knowledge about the person in charge there or what activities were taking place.”He additionally claimed that there had been no corruption within the formulation of the excise coverage and this may change into clear because the case moved ahead.The minister, who entered the ED workplace in central Delhi round 11.30 am and left after 4.30pm, mentioned he answered all of the questions and can proceed to cooperate within the probe. He mentioned this was the second summons despatched to him. He could not depose the primary time round a month again because the finances session of Delhi meeting was underway.AAP on Saturday alleged a connection between one of many witnesses within the excise coverage case and BJP, and challenged ED to conduct a probe into this. Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, whose son Raghava Magunta Reddy was arrested by ED in reference to the excise coverage case, has been fielded by BJP’s ally Telugu Desam Social gathering within the Lok Sabha polls, senior AAP leaders and ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged in a press convention.”I challenge ED, if it is an independent agency, to bring on record this connection between the case witness and his nomination as BJP candidate and probe it,” Atishi mentioned on Saturday whereas alleging that the saffron social gathering had connections with the so-called ‘south foyer’ of liquor merchants that’s alleged to have obtained favours from Delhi govt in liquor sale within the metropolis.Delhi BJP didn’t reply to the allegations.
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