- February 26, 2023
- Posted by: AliensFaith
- Category: OBJECTIVE PRESS
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said they knew Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia would be arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today, minutes after he was taken into custody in the Delhi liquor policy case.
“The CBI is completely at the behest of the centre. We always knew Manish Sisodia would be arrested,” AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said. “It is sad and predictable how the probe agencies work,” he added.
The BJP’s Manjinder Singh Sirsa denied claims by the AAP that the CBI is being misused by the centre. “He may have done work on education. But that doesn’t mean he should indulge in corruption in liquor policy,” Mr Sirsa told NDTV, referring to Mr Sisodia’s education and finance portfolios.
AAP’s Sanjay Singh directly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest.
“Manish Sisodia’s arrest is the height of dictatorship. Modi ji, you have not done a good thing by arresting a good person and the best Education Minister. Even God will not forgive you. One day your dictatorship will definitely end,” Mr Singh tweeted.
.@msisodia की गिरफ़्तारी तानाशाही की इंतेहा है।
आपने एक नेक इंसान और सर्वश्रेष्ठ शिक्षा मंत्री को गिरफ़्तार करके अच्छा नही किया मोदी जी, भगवान भी आपको माफ़ नही करेगा।
एक दिन आपकी तानाशाही का अंत ज़रूर होगा मोदी जी।— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) February 26, 2023
Mr Sisodia and others face corruption allegations in bringing a new liquor sale policy in the national capital. Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had ordered the CBI probe last year. The Delhi government reverted to the old liquor policy and blamed the Lieutenant Governor for loss of revenue worth crores of rupees.
The BJP said the Delhi government went back to the old liquor sale policy to cover up corruption in the excise department held by Mr Sisodia.
