Delhi Chief Minister and AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday turned nostalgic whereas wishing his colleague and buddy Manish Sisodia on his birthday. Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 for his alleged function in corruption within the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy 2020-21. The AAP chief has been in custody since then.
“This friendship is very old. Our affection and trust is very strong. This passion of working for the public is also very old. No matter how hard the conspirators try… this trust, this affection and this friendship will never be broken….” and added that the BJP has stored Sisodia in jail on false fees. “BJP has kept Manish in jail for the last 11 months by filing false cases. But Manish is standing firm in front of their oppression, has neither bowed down to their dictatorship till now nor will ever bow down in future. In this era of dictatorship, Manish’s courage inspires us all.”
Sisodia arrested in 2023
The ED arrested Sisodia in a cash laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9 after questioning him in Tihar jail. Sisodia, who held the excise portfolio, resigned from the Delhi cupboard on February 28. The Delhi authorities had applied the excise coverage on November 17, 2021 however scrapped it on the finish of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption. According to the investigating companies, the revenue margins of wholesalers had been arbitrarily elevated from 5 per cent to 12 per cent below the brand new coverage.
