Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has given sanction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute Aam Aadmi Party convener and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to a now-scrapped excise policy. ED had sought the LG’s nod to prosecute Mr Kejriwal earlier this month after it found alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy.

In a social media post, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said that this news is being spread only to mislead people and distract them from the issues. She said that if such permission has been given, then ED should make the copy of the approval public. Delhi BJP chief, Virendra Sachdeva welcomed the decision of Delhi LG and said that this reflects that Mr Kejriwal is allegedly involved in corruption.