New Delhi: A letter by jailed former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to Prime Minister Narendra Modi surfaced on Friday. Sisodia is at the moment lodged inside Tihar jail in connection to alleged irregularities within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage. In the hand written letter, the previous Dy CM raised questions on PM Modi’s schooling. “For the progress of India, it is necessary to have an educated PM,” he writes in his letter to the nation. He alleged that PM Modi doesn’t perceive the significance of schooling. In the letter which was posted on Twitter by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his former deputy mentioned, “It is very dangerous for the country if the prime minister is less educated.”
“(Narendra) Modi does not understand science… Modi ji does not understand the importance of education,” Sisodia claimed within the letter, alleging that 60,000 faculties have been closed within the nation in the previous couple of years.
मनीष सिसोदिया ने जेल से देश के नाम चिट्ठी लिखी –
प्रधानमंत्री का कम पढ़ा-लिखा होना देश के लिए बेहद ख़तरनाकमोदी जी विज्ञान की बातें नहीं समझते
मोदी जी शिक्षा का महत्व नहीं समझते
पिछले कुछ वर्षों में 60,000 स्कूल बंद किए
भारत की तरक़्क़ी के लिए पढ़ा-लिखा पीएम होना ज़रूरी pic.twitter.com/VpPyY1Jr2v
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 7, 2023
“It is necessary to have an educated prime minister for the progress of India,” he mentioned.
The CBI had on February 26 arrested Sisodia in reference to alleged corruption within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
ED Questions Sisodia In Tihar Jail
Earlier on Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia inside Tihar jail as a part of its cash laundering probe into alleged irregularities within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage, official sources mentioned.
It was for the primary time that the senior Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) chief was being quizzed by the ED within the excise coverage case. The questioning throughout which the assertion of Sisodia was recorded lasted for about 5 hours, the sources mentioned.
The questioning is anticipated to proceed over the subsequent few days whilst Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal focused Prime Minister Narendra Modi once more over the arrest of Sisodia and one other get together colleague Satyendra Jain.
Sisodia is lodged in Tihar jail after a CBI courtroom on Monday remanded him to 14-day judicial custody in the identical case.
The ED investigators reached the Tihar Jail to query and document the assertion of Sisodia beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The CBI additionally questioned Sisodia’s private assistant Devender Sharma in reference to the excise coverage case.
Sisodia is lodged in a jail cell for senior residents and like some other inmate has been given primary objects and is being served meals as per the jail handbook, an official mentioned.
The AAP chief’s cell is inside Tihar Jail Number-1 and it’s meant for a single one that is a senior citizen, he mentioned.
On Monday evening, he was given primary objects similar to blankets, cleaning soap and oral hygiene merchandise, and for dinner was served rice, chappati, dal as per the provisions of the jail handbook, the official added.
The CBI courtroom on Monday allowed Sisodia to hold the Bhagavad Gita, spectacles and medicines to the jail and directed Tihar authorities to think about his request to be allowed to do Vipassana meditation.
As a political slugfest continued over Sisodia’s arrest, Chief Minister Kejriwal claimed that these doing good work are being arrested whereas these looting the nation are getting away.