New Delhi, April 27 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he will not appear before the High Court in the Delhi excise policy case, citing two reasons, including alleged bias linked to ideological associations and a conflict of interest involving the judge's family members working with the central government.

The development comes shortly after the Delhi High Court dismissed Kejriwal's plea seeking the recusal of Justice Sharma. In its ruling, the Court held that the allegations did not meet the legal threshold of a reasonable apprehension of bias and were based on conjecture rather than evidence.

In a video, Kejriwal said, "The first reason is that the government, with the ideology of the RSS, which ...