New Delhi [India]Aug 19 (ANI): Delhi Police detained Aam Aadmi Party workers who gathered outside Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence to extend their support to Sisodia after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided his premises. Were.
“They are announcing that they have imposed Section 144 here. No one raised slogans or misbehaved, or we did nothing, what are they afraid of? The more they stop us, the bigger we will be,” said an AAP worker.
The AAP worker was protesting the CBI raid on Sisodia’s residence which has been going on since this morning.
The CBI today conducted raids at 21 locations in seven states of India in connection with the CBI’s probe into alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy brought out in November 2021. The CBI has also registered an FIR in this regard.
Sisodia posted on Twitter: “CBI has arrived. We are honest, we are making the future of millions of children. It is unfortunate that those who do good work in this country are harassed like this, so our country is still not number-1.
I welcome you to CBI. I will cooperate with the investigation so that the truth comes out at the earliest. Till now many cases have been registered against me but nothing has come to light. Nothing will come out of that. My work cannot be stopped for good education in the country.
Apart from Sisodia’s residence and 20 other places in Delhi-NCR, premises of four public servants, including former Delhi Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna, are also being built, a top CBI official said, during whose tenure the revised excise policy was approved. CBI raided.
Raids are going on at 21 places in Delhi and NCR, including the residence of Manish Sisodia and the premises of four public servants in the Excise Policy case.
Earlier in July, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had recommended a CBI inquiry into the repairs of Delhi.
Excise Policy. He approved the suspension of 11 officers over “loopholes” in the implementation of the Excise Policy 2021-22. The suspended officials included Gopi Krishna and Deputy Excise Commissioner Anand Kumar Tiwari.
Earlier on August 6, former Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal was accused by Deputy CM Manish Sisodia of changing his stand on the issue of opening of liquor shops in unauthorized areas of Delhi.
Sisodia also tweeted that the allegations leveled against him and Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain are not true.
“These people are upset with Delhi’s excellent work of education and health. That is why the Health Minister and Education Minister of Delhi are on the radar so that the good works of education and health can be stopped.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also extended his support to Sisodia by tweeting that nothing will come out of this raid as has been done before. I welcome CBI. We will cooperate fully. In the past too many such investigations, raids have been done. Nothing came out. Nothing will work out this time too,” tweeted Kejriwal. (ANI)
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