Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, unleashed a harsh attack on the center and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “misusing” the central agencies a day after the CBI raided his office on charges of corruption in the liquor policy.
On Saturday, Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister, claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) investigations into the Delhi government’s excise policy were not conducted to thwart corruption but rather to impede Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal’s ascent to national political prominence.
Kejriwal’s policies, particularly those related to health and education, have now gained international attention, according to Sisodia, whose home and the office was searched by the central agency for 14 hours on Friday. Sisodia also stated that the 2024 general elections will feature a direct race between Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s excise and finance minister, spoke during a press conference at his home in central Delhi’s Mathura Road to defend the excise policy 2021–22, which is being investigated for suspected anomalies in its implementation.
Creating and putting into practice the policy, he called it “the greatest” of its kind. Sisodia, who insisted that he had done nothing wrong, stated that he might be imprisoned shortly and added that he was not afraid of going to jail.
Corruption or the liquor/excise scam is not their (the BJP’s) problem. Arvind Kejriwal is their issue because his policies are working. Kejriwal is a skilled worker.
Modi used to be compared to who? We now know the solution. The contest in the 2024 elections will be between Modi and Kejriwal.
They witnessed our victory in Punjab as well, and now Kejriwal is receiving national attention. To stop Kejriwal, the BJP has sent agents after his ministers and other AAP leaders, according to Sisodia.
Sisodia claimed that the central agencies removed Satyendar Jain, who served as the health minister for Delhi and are now pursuing him to undermine Kejriwal’s health and education models since they have received positive attention. noticed by people globally.Â
Manish Sisodia directly challenged Prime Minister Modi
Sisodia attacked Prime Minister Modi directly, saying, “You all know what has transpired in various states. You do not like this, Modiji? You are in charge of the country. Let the CMs operate in their jurisdiction.
PM Modi wants to bring down everybody who does a good job, which is how he differs from Kejriwal. However, Kejriwal supports them and gains knowledge from them, “he remarked.
According to the minister, Gujarat would have been the target of CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids if the federal government had been concerned about corruption. If they (the Centre) were concerned about corruption or liquor scandals, the entire CBI and ED headquarters would have moved to Gujarat because there is annual excise fraud of 10,000 crores in that BJP-ruled state.
The people telling the CBI to take action against us are also complicit in the Gujarat fraud. Five days after Prime Minister Modi’s inauguration, the Bundelkhand Expressway caved in, and if they were interested in probing corruption, they would have done it, according to the deputy chief minister.
Sisodia defended the excise policy, claiming that the Delhi government was carrying it out honestly and transparently. He said that the Delhi government would have received at least 10,000 crores annually if the then-LG of Delhi had not changed his mind and plotted to undermine the idea.
Speaking of the CBI raids, he stated, “Aside from my home, the CBI also searched my offices as the deputy chief minister and minister of education in the Delhi Secretariat. In both locales, every cop was a terrific person.
They were quite well-behaved. They had to follow directions from higher up, but I want to thank them for acting so well around my family as well.
Sisodia also addressed the debate around the New York Times story on the educational system in Delhi. It mentioned that the same journal had published the graphic state of India sometime in the previous year, showing the many deaths brought on by the Indian government’s poor management of the COVID-19 outbreak.
“The same New York Times that featured an article about AAP’s educational strategy on its front page yesterday (Friday) also had a picture showing how hundreds of COVID victims’ remains were being burnt along the Ganga. As an Indian, I felt ashamed.
However, we are pleased to hear about Delhi’s educational strategy. I don’t claim to have done anything that got us on the front page of the New York Times.
The teachers in Delhi are to blame. They deserve my gratitude, “Sisodia stated.”
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