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Kejriwal has met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the ordinance issue and the latter has extended full support to AAP in its tussle with the Centre on the matter. A collage of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (L) and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, used for representative purposes only. KOLKATA: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be meeting his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday, an official said. Kejriwal will be accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo is trying to drum up opposition support over the Delhi government’s fight against the Centre over an ordinance on the control of administrative services in the national capital. Kejriwal and Mann are scheduled to land at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in the afternoon. They will hold a brief meeting with AAP leaders of West Bengal before visiting the state secretariat Nabanna to meet the Trinamool Congress chief. “They are sc...

 Delhi Excise Probe, Manish Sisodia, Delhi News Live Updates, August 21, 2022: The CBI on Saturday began questioning people in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the rollout of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021–22. Delhi Excise Policy Case, Delhi News Live Updates, 21 August 2022: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central Government, accusing it of ‘fighting with the whole country’ instead of fighting inflation and unemployment. Kejriwal’s comments came amid reports the CBI has issued a lookout notice for his deputy Manish Sisodia. The BJP in retaliation said that “handcuffs are getting close” to Kejriwal, accusing him of being the “kingpin” of the alleged excise scam. BJP’s spokesperson, Gaurav Bhatia, said, “The AAP is saying it’ll be Modi versus Kejriwal in 2024, but we all know what happened in UP, Uttarakhand, and Goa.” Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia Sunday said the move comes after “nothing was found” during...