Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Telangana CM KCR’s daughter Kavita has reached ED office for questioning in Delhi Liquor Policy matter. BRS MLC’s Kavita has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi Liquor Policy matter.
Let us inform that Kavitha of BRS MLC left for the ED office from the residence of her father Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao at around 11 am on Saturday.
#WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha arrives at the ED office. She has been summoned by the agency in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. pic.twitter.com/FJzGpm08oz
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Supporters gathered before the hearing
Party workers and supporters gather outside KCR’s residence in Delhi ahead of the presentation of Kavita, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Earlier on Friday, Kavita started a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in the national capital demanding the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the current budget session of Parliament.
Citing his hunger strike to be held in Delhi on Friday, he had asked the probe agency to postpone his questioning till Saturday. Significantly, in this case, former Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia has been arrested by ED.
#WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha left from the residence of her father, Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, for the ED office amid a gathering of party supporters.
(Source: K Kavitha office) pic.twitter.com/rgBt0rNwIu
— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
Kavita reached the national capital Delhi on March 8, hours after the ED issued summons for questioning. BRS leader KT Rama Rao (K Kavitha’s brother and CM KCR’s son) also reached his father’s residence in the national capital on Friday.
Inquiry will be done by sitting in front of Hyderabad businessman!
According to sources, Kavitha will be pitted against Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramachandra Pillai, who was arrested on Monday night in the liquor policy case.
On the other hand, K Kavitha termed the ED’s summons as an intimidation tactic by the Center against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and the BRS. He said that our party will continue to fight and expose the failures of the central government. Also will raise voice for the bright future of India.
#WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha leaves from the residence of her father, Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, for the ED office.
She is appearing before the agency in connection with the liquor policy case. pic.twitter.com/rQpgrkqKZW
— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
Who is Hyderabad businessman Arun Ramachandra Pillai
In the investigation ED has come to know that Arun Ramachandra Pillai is one of the biggest cartel of South Group and key persons in the entire scam. The South group includes Telangana MLC Kavitha, Sarath Reddy (promoter of Aurobindo Group), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (MP, Ongole), his son Raghav Magunta and others.
The agency’s probe revealed that the South group was represented by Pillai, Abhishek Boinapalli and Buchi Babu. The ED had earlier said that the South Group had paid a bribe of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders.
CBI has interrogated K Kavita
Kavita, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the same case in December last year. In 2021, the excise policy was passed in the Delhi cabinet led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the midst of the Corona epidemic.
The Delhi government says the policy was formulated to ensure maximum revenue, eliminate the sale of spurious liquor or non-duty paid liquor in Delhi, besides improving the user experience.
The CBI had registered a case against alleged corruption in the Excise Policy of 2021-22. Later the excise duty policy was withdrawn by the AAP government.
