Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray faction chief Sanjay Raut on Monday (February 27) focused the central authorities over the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, asking if the BJP solely had `seers` and `mahatmas`. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Raut alleged that the Centre was attempting to silence the Opposition by misusing totally different companies to ship Opposition leaders to jail or forcing them to give up.
Raut mentioned, “Action against Sisodia shows that the Centre is trying to silence the Opposition. We will stand with him (Sisodia). Be it Maharashtra, Jharkhand, or Delhi, the Centre is misusing the ED and the CBI to send Opposition leaders to jail or force them to surrender.”
“This is happening again and again. Be it Sisodia, Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh or myself. Are there seers and mahatmas in the BJP?” Raut questioned. “What about the cases going on against their leaders? Everyone knows who looted the State Bank of India (SBI), and the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)…the whole country is asking questions to the government but the PM is silent,” added Raut.
Extending his assist to AAP leaders within the wake of Sisodia`s arrest, Raut mentioned, “No matter how much you oppress, we will keep fighting. Our party stands with Kejriwal and Sisodia.”
“All these decisions are being taken because of one person. These are not the decisions of the cabinet. If an Opposition leader asks questions, he is put behind bars,” he added.
The CBI on Sunday arrested Sisodia in reference to the Delhi liquor rip-off, after eight hours of questioning. Shortly earlier than arriving on the CBI workplace for questioning, the deputy chief minister mentioned false instances have been being lodged towards leaders of the ruling celebration as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “afraid” of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
