‘BJP asked me to be CM candidate’: Sisodia doubles up claim
Sisodia – at a press briefing – said: “They asked me to be their CM candidate because they don’t have a face for the post in Delhi. I refused.” The AAP chief – by his side – said his deputy may be arrested soon.
In Gujarat with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia on Monday afternoon doubled down on the claim of the BJP reaching out to him as the CBI steps up probe in the excise policy case. Hours after the rival party dismissed his allegations, Sisodia – at a press briefing – said: “They asked me to be their CM candidate because they don’t have a face for the post in Delhi. I refused.” The AAP chief – by his side – said his deputy may be arrested soon.
“Kejriwal ji is my guru. He is my guide. I did not come to politics to become CM … I entered politics to do good for the public. This is my sharp response to the BJP,” Manish Sisodia said. “All this matter (The excise policy probe) has been raised to stop Kejriwal ji from working. Especially because he has stirred a new hope in Gujarat. I was surprised when I got messages. In the messages I got two offers – that if you split AAP, all CBI and ED cases would be dropped. And that I would be made the chief minister.”
