Sisodia walked out of Tihar Jail on Friday after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the Excise Policy case. He held a meeting with the AAP leaders and discussed the Delhi Assembly polls.
Delhi excise policy scam case: ED, CBI had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying excise policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and L-1 licence was extended without competent authority's approval.
Delhi excise policy scam case: Earlier, the trial court dismissed Sisodia's bail pleas in corruption and money-laundering cases in connection with alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy for 2021-22.
Delhi excise policy scam case: Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on February 26, 2023, for his alleged role in the scam. The Enforcement Directorate arrested Sisodia in a money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023.
Manish Sisodia excise policy case:Police moved an application seeking court's permission to produce Sisodia only via vc, after he levelled allegation. Police favoured Sisodia's virtual production contending that bringing him to court creates chaos due to AAP supporters presence, media in corridors.
Delhi excise policy scam: The second round of ED's questioning comes at a time when AAP claimed that a conspiracy was being hatched to kill Manish Sisodia inside the jail.
Delhi Excise policy scam case: The CBI sources have claimed that the former Aam Aadmi Party Minister was still evasive and was not cooperating with the investigating officers.
AAP Nukkad Sabhas: Manish Sisodia was arrested on Sunday in an ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Delhi government.
Manish Sisodia row: Manish Sisodia achieved fame as education minister of Delhi by bringing about revolutionary changes in the government schools but his alleged involvement in a liquor policy scam dented his clean image.
Kejriwal meets Delhi L-G: Amid the AAP's tussle with the lieutenant governor, Kejriwal had skipped the previous three weekly meetings, held every Friday, including one on August 19 when Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia's residence was raided.
The direction has come after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided at 22 locations in the national capital, including the house of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia in connection with irregularities in new Excise policy case.
Sisodia said he has also urged the home minister to make clear the Centre's stand on the issue of shifting Rohingya Muslims.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra shared the content of a letter from the Delhi government which shows complaints from Delhi government schools.
BJP leaders alleged that all this happened at the instance of CM Kejriwal, who made arbitrary changes in the excise policy, took hasty decisions, and this could not have happened without quid pro quo with the vendors.
Earlier, in a letter to Saxena, Sisodia had asked under whose "pressure" the L-G had approved investigation by the ACB in an old complaint that was rejected by his predecessor Anil Baijal as "frivolous and baseless".
In an online briefing, Delhi's deputy CM Sisodia slammed the "bulldozer politics" of the BJP and claimed that the civic bodies are planning to raze 63 lakh dwellings in the national capital.
Sisodia said that the economy of Delhi is slowly emerging from challenges amid the five waves of COVID and due to this the GSDP of Delhi at current market prices is likely to increase from Rs 7,85,342 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 9,23,967 crore in 2021-22.
Launched in October 2021, the programme aims to provide voluntary mentors to students from class IX to XII. Those aged between 18 and 35 can sign up to become mentors through an app developed by the Delhi Technological University.
Sisodia, who is also Delhi's Education Minister, said the data collected in the survey will not be "reliable" as schools have not completely opened after a prolonged closure due to COVID-19
Sisodia further said that if the Centre doesn't take any step, another crisis will rise in the country.
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