Today, Bhagwant Mann, ministers, and MPs will accompany Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as he visits the CBI headquarters to meet with opposition leaders.

In light of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s upcoming questioning by the CBI in the excise policy case on Sunday, AAP members have closed ranks while opposition leaders have expressed solidarity with him, highlighting the tentative moves for an alliance against the BJP. Kejriwal will be arriving at the CBI headquarters at 11am on Sunday, shortly after a visit to Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi. He will be joined by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, as well as cabinet members and party MPs.03:23BJP is the Kansa of the Mahabharata, Kejriwal is the modern-day Mahatma Gandhi: AAP leader Raghav ChadhaAccording to a senior AAP functionary, party MLAs, municipal councillors, and members of various frontal organizations of the party will be out on the streets, despite heavy police bandobast, both He claimed that AAP was being persecuted because its supporters had been given false hope that the government would finally do something about poverty, education, and unemployment. “AAP has given hope to the people that it can eliminate poverty, make them educated, and provide employment for their children. Pradhan mantriji is ummeed ko kuchalna chahte hain (The Prime Minister wants to crush that hope),” Kejriwal said. According to those who know the PM well, he has never had a problem with corruption. Modiji, if you think Kejriwal is corrupt, then perhaps there isn’t a single honest man in this world,” said the chief minister, addressing a press conference.He found support from Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who described Kejriwal as a “well-regarded person” who had done a lot of developmental work in Delhi. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, he said Kejriwal would respond to all the actions initiated against him by the CBI at an appropriate time. He attributed the actions being taken against opposition leaders by the central agencies to the move to unite against BJP.03:11If scared, quit party: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to party workersSignificantly,Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called up Kejriwal on Saturday and stressed the need for opposition parties to unite against BJP ahead of the 2024 general elections, sources said. Congress had been at loggerheads over several issues with AAP, whom it considers to be its primary rival in Delhi.On his part, Kejriwal — replying to a letter written to him by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin — said thatgovernors and lieutenant governors of non-BJP-governed states were “flouting the federal structure and the Constitution by deliberately keeping bills pending”. He added that the time had come to “safeguard the constitutional rights of state governments and ensure smooth functioning of democracy”.In a show of solidarity with Stalin, the Delhi government has called a special assembly session on Monday to pass a resolution for a fixed time limit for governors and lieutenant governors to approve bills passed by state legislatures.Meanwhile, Kejriwal told reporters that the agencies have been claiming a corruption of Rs 100 crore in the alleged excise policy scam. “But where is the money? They searched the house and locker of Manish Sisodia but found nothing. Their teams even went to his village. They claimed that the money was spent in the Goa elections and questioned each of our vendors but still found nothing because we had made all payments through cheques,” he said, asserting that there had been no corruption in the implementation of the policy.The chief minister alleged that the investigating agencies have been pressuring the witnesses to give statements against AAP functionaries. He alleged that some witnesses had been badly beaten up and others threatened.”The agencies also claimed that Sisodia destroyed 14 phones which were evidence. The IMEI numbers included on the chargesheet indicate that the agencies have custody of five of the phones and are using the other devices to communicate with party members. Sisodia did not ever own these cellphones. Both the ED and the CBI are aware. The ED lied in affidavit and under oath. The AAP chief claimed that his party was facing the worst persecution in India’s 75 years of independence, and that after Sisodia and Jain, he was the next target. “The other parties had been plundering the country till now. If they are forced to build schools and hospitals, they will not have the money to embezzle,” he said.