In a dramatic turn of events, Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged liquor scam case, plunging his party, AAP, into a major crisis and putting a question mark on his continuation in office. ED’s action came hours after Delhi high court turned down Kejriwal’s plea seeking protection from any coercive action by the agency, which had issued nine summonses to him to face questions arising from their investigation into the excise policy case.

ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case. The arrest of CM Kejriwal poses challenges for AAP in Delhi govt and election campaigns. Leadership crisis looms with close associates jailed. As the questions over the next CM of Delhi arise, state minister Atishi said that Kejriwal will run the govt from the jail.

Election Commission data revealed BJP, Congress, Trinamool’s top donors. Trinamool’s major benefactor, Future Gaming, also funded DMK, YSRCP. Qwik Supply, linked to Reliance, donated to BJP, Shiv Sena as per SC’s SBI directive.”}