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CBI questions Manish Sisodia highlights: Dy CM being grilled, AAP protests outside office
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is appearing before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged excise policy scam case on Sunday.
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is appearing before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged excise policy scam case on Sunday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Sisodia assured of full cooperation in the investigation. CBI questioning comes nearly three months after filing the charge sheet. Sisodia will be questioned by the central agency regarding various elements of the excise policy that has since been scrapped, his alleged connections to politicians and liquor dealers, and claims made by witnesses in their statements....Read More
Sisodia had earlier expressed apprehensions about being arrested. "They are using the CBI to take revenge and I am sure they will do that by getting me arrested," he had alleged. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal also claimed Friday that his sources have confirmed that Sisodia will be arrested by CBI on Sunday.
Nearly three months after filing its charge sheet, the CBI will question Sisodia on various aspects of the now-scrapped excise policy, his alleged links with liquor traders, and politicians, and claims made by witnesses in their statements.
In the case, the Enforcement Directorate has alleged that a part of the alleged ₹100 crore "kickbacks" generated in the scrapped Delhi excise policy were "used" in the 2022 Goa assembly election campaign of the AAP.
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Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva tweeted in Hindi, "The heads of the children and parents of Delhi are bowed down in shame today that the Education Minister of Delhi is playing gimmicks in this way. Aam Aadmi Party is gimmick party which takes its every event as an event."
Manish Sisodia's ‘jail’ tweet
Ahead of questioning, earlier in the day, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tweeted in Hindi, “Going to the CBI again today. Will cooperate fully in the entire investigation. The love of lakhs of children and the blessings of crores of countrymen are with us. I don't care if I have to stay in jail for a few months." Read more
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‘Manish Sisodia would not accept a ₹10 tea from anyone’: AAP's Dilip Pandey defends dy CM
AAP's Dilip Pandey says, "The budget of Delhi itself is of 70,000 crores. BJP is saying Manish Sisodia has stolen 10,000 Cr."
“This is not a Kurkure packet which was eaten and thrown away,” he said, adding that CBI-ED did not get anything till date.
"Manish Sisodia is the person who would not drink tea for ₹ 10 from anyone," Pandey says.
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AAP's Raghav Chadha said on Sunday that Manish Sisodia's arrest will dishearten 18 lakh school students of Delhi. He appealed the students to keep studying and said the minister will take updates on the education system from the jail so they need not worry.
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‘Ratti bhar saboot nahi mila’: Raghav Chadha alleges case against Sisodia fabricated
AAP's Raghav Chadha on Sunday held a press conference while party member Manish Sisodia is being grilled by CBI at its headquarters in Delhi and asked the BJP to provide any proof against the allegations made by them. He also claimed the the Modi government fears Arvind Kejriwal and alleged that fabricated cases are being made against AAP leaders because of its national rise.
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AAP's ‘show of strength’ as Manish Sisodia holds roadshow ahead of CBI grilling | Watch
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in a massive ‘show of strength,’ held a roadshow on Sunday, ahead of his questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
‘Pehle 1 rupay ka bhi bhrashtrachar dikhao’: AAP's Atishi hits back at Sambit Patra on ‘event management’ remark
On Sambit Patra's ‘event management’ remark against Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia's roadshow ahead of CBI grilling, AAP's Atishi said the BJP and Patra himself should first prove any of the allegations made against the minister before making such statements. She said, “It's been an year of the probe, they (BJP) should first prove any corruption amounting to even ₹1…”
AAP MLA Atishi addresses press conference on Manish Sisodia's summon
AAP MLA Atishi on Sunday addressed a press conference on Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's CBI summon in the alleged liquor policy scam probe. She warned the BJP government that AAP is not afraid of “its agencies” and will keep working for the future of the country, despite any number of cases against its members.
