Delhi: New Delhi Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister, claimed today that his family received a “clean chit” in the raids related to the liquor policy case and that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) personnel searched his home and bank locker and found “nothing.”
In his interactions with the media following the raid, Manish Sisodia, whose locker at a Ghaziabad bank was examined by representatives of the central agency today, took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The jewellery in the safe belonged to my wife and children and is worth about 70,000 yen. The fact that my home was searched and that my locker was searched at the request of the Prime Minister makes me happy. All of the raids the Prime Minister ordered resulted in a clean bill of health for my family and me “said he.
Manish Sisodia reaffirmed that the CBI agents acted honourably throughout the raids. “Even they anticipate no results. However, the Prime Minister is pressuring them to come up with a plan to lock me up for a few months “He claimed.
Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister, claimed in a tweet that the investigation into his deputy was “inspired by dirty politics”
Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “I hope they (the Centre) will end these dirty politics and will let us work.”
Manish Sisodia, whose residence was searched almost two weeks ago, had previously stated that “nothing will be found” in his locker. “The CBI will search our bank locker tomorrow. The 14-hour search at my home on August 19 turned up nothing. There won’t be anything in the locker either. Greetings from CBI. I will fully cooperate with the investigation along with my family “Yesterday, he tweeted in Hindi.
Manish Sisodia, who also oversees the excise portfolio for the Delhi government, is one of the 15 defendants listed in the FIR the CBI filed in the liquor policy case.
The CBI has argued that the new policy was implemented without Anil Baijal, the then-Lt. Governor of Delhiconsent. ,’s Additionally, it claims that the Delhi government gave licences to numerous unqualified vendors in return for bribes. Eight months after the policy’s introduction in November of last year, there were allegations of corruption.
Allegations of irregularities in the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) policy have been denied by the party in power. Manish Sisodia claims that it was carried out in total transparency and asserts that the BJP brought up the matter to fend off Arvind Kejriwal of the AAP’s political challenge. “These people don’t give a damn about the con. Their main concern is Arvind Kejriwal, the popular chief minister of Delhi who has gained national attention “He said this after the home raids.
The AAP has aggressively attacked the BJP in recent weeks, charging that it tried to overthrow the Delhi government by offering bribes to MLAs to switch parties.
Arvind Kejriwal has declared he will test the majority in the Delhi Assembly in order to demonstrate the loyalty of each AAP MLA. In a scathing attack on the BJP, the Chief Minister claimed yesterday that the party was using tax dollars to bribe lawmakers and overthrow elected state governments led by opposition parties.
JP Nadda, the national president of the BJP, has accused the AAP of trying to change the subject in order to avoid addressing the accusations made against its government.