Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief National Spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj speaks on Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s arrest.
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s arrest by CBI within the Delhi excise case is a “dangerous trend”, Aam Aadmi Party chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj stated at a press briefing on February 27.
“This is a dangerous trend. What Indira Gandhi had done during Emergency, Modi’s government is doing it today. All big leaders are put behind bars without any reason. We want answers from Central Government on why they are put behind bars,” Mr. Bharadwaj stated.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday arrested Deputy CM Manish Sisodia after a seven-hour-long interrogation in reference to the allegation of irregularities within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped 2021-22 excise coverage case.
Several AAP leaders, together with Delhi Minister Gopal Rai, MP Sanjay Singh and others, protesting close to the CBI headquarters in Delhi had been detained on Sunday night. They are nonetheless on the police station and are but to be launched, in line with AAP leaders.
Mr. Bharadwaj questioned the CBI’s motives and reiterated the dearth of proof surrounding the case. “Then LG Anil Baijal, who was appointed by the Central Government, had approved and notified the Delhi excise policy. Why has the CBI not questioned in the past 10 months? There is no proof against Manish Sisodia. This is Central Government’s atrocity on the AAP,” he stated.
AAP had additionally termed the arrest “a conspiracy to stop Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s revolution” and blamed BJP for exercising its “dirty politics”.
