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Delhi Excise Policy Case: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday said that they will take legal opinion on the Enforcement Directorate's fresh summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor excise policy scam after he returns from his Vipassana.

Senior party leader and AAP's Delhi state convener Gopal Rai said, that "currently, the chief minister is undertaking a Vipassana". "There is no communication with him. Once he returns, we will take a legal opinion, and then decide about it," he said.

Earlier on Thursday, CM Arvind Kejriwal had skipped the summons of ED and termed it as 'illegal and politically motivated', however, the very next day, ED issued another notice to Kejriwal for questioning on January 3 in its Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering investigation.

On the previous summons, the AAP in a statement on Friday had said it is just a political vendetta to counter the party's growing popularity across the country. Skipping the second summons, Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that these were issued at the behest of political rivals that wished to silence the voice of the opposition in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

ED on Friday issued its third notice to Kejriwal after he refused to appear before the federal agency on two earlier summonses for November 2 and December 21.

The Delhi chief minister is currently undertaking a 10-day Vipassana meditation course. On Wednesday, the Delhi chief minister left for an undisclosed location for his Vipassana course. He had sent his reply to the ED on Wednesday.