'Police notice a gimmick... will respond on ED if court wants'

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), terming as "gimmickry" the Delhi Police's crime branch notice to him over his allegations that the BJP was trying to poach Aam Aadmi Party MLAS.

- 

NEW DELHI: He also said that he would respond if the court asks him to about the Enforcement Directorate seeking legal recourse citing his non-compliance to summons issued in connection with the excise case.

"They asked who approached to poach AAP MLAs. Is this hidden from anyone?" Kejriwal said over the crime branch notice. "The entire country knows it. The entire world knows it. In the country only one party is buying everyone. Those who poached the MLAs in Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka.... did it. Those who sent the crime branch officers are behind it. There is no need to ask. The letter that they brought did not mention any first information report. Such drama will not let the country progress, work for the welfare of the country and the society should be done the way we are doing," Kejriwal said on the sidelines of a function at Thyagaraj Stadium where he interacted with a group of senior citizens who later embarked on a Delhi government-funded pilgrimage to Tirupati Balaji.