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ED won’t find anything, says Manish Sisodia amid ongoing raids
When asked if ED was going to conduct raids at his residence as well, Sisodia said he did not have any information on that
The ongoing raids by Enforcement Directorate (ED) at 35 locations on Tuesday in the national Capital and other places spread across multiple states in connection with Delhi Excise Policy case, has elicited strong reactions from deputy CM and AAP senior leader Manish Sisodia.
No ED raid has been conducted at Sisodia’s residence yet which was raided by CBI last month in the excise case.
In reaction to the raids being conducted by the ED at several locations in excise case, the deputy CM Sisodia, who is an accused in an FIR lodged by CBI in the excise case, said nothing will be found in the raids.
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“Earlier the CBI conducted a raid in which nothing was found, even in the ED raid, nothing will be found. It is all being done to stop the reforms being implemented by (CM) Arvind Kejriwal in the education sector. They would not be able to stop it even after misusing the CBI and ED,” Sisodia said, slamming the BJP led central government.
Sisodia accused the central government of misusing the CBI and ED.
When asked if ED was going to conduct raids at his residence as well, Sisodia said he did not have any information on that.
“I have worked with honesty and even if they (ED) conduct a raid, they may find building plans of some schools,” said Sisodia.
Reacting to the developments , AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said after CBI the ED also gave “clean chit” to Manish Sisodia.
“The ED is conducting raids at many places but it did not come to Manish Sisodia residence for conducting raids. It was because they knew that nothing will be found in the raid, so they did not conduct any raid. After the CBI, the ED has now also given clean chit to Sisodia,” said Bharadwaj.
Meanwhile, leader of Opposition in Delhi assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri will lead a group of BJP MLAs and leaders to protest outside Sisodia residence in the excise case on Tuesday.
“The AAP government is involved in corruption in excise case. We are not saying this. The chief secretary of Delhi has flagged irregularities and corruption in the excise case. We are going to protest to demand the sacking of Manish Sisodia from Delhi cabinet,” said Bidhuri.
