New Delhi, April 27 -- After AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal refused to appear before the High Court in the Delhi excise policy case, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said he is "abusing constitutional institutions."

"Constantly questioning the justice system and abusing constitutional institutions is his work culture, and this has become his mentality... The accusations and questions you have raised against a judge--does that befit you? A criminal involved in a liquor scam, with such a massive chargesheet against him. He raises his voice at the Justice Forum..., and with that mindset, demands that the judge be replaced, the court be changed... By creating this ruckus, he wants to show that he is innocent...," CM Gupta told reporte...