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Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that he will continue to cooperate with the CBI. (Image: Twitter/ANI)
Reacting to the development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said there was no “liquor scam” in Delhi and that the matter over his government’s excise policy was made as a result of “political vendetta and conspiracy”.
Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday for questioning related to the Delhi liquor scam case.
Sisodia himself shared the development on Twitter and said that the full might of central agencies was being used against him. He further said that he will cooperate with the probe agency, as he has been doing in the past.
“They used full power of CBI, ED against me, raided my house, searched bank locker, but found nothing against me. I have arranged good education for the children of Delhi and they want to stop me.
Reacting to the development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said there was no “liquor scam” in Delhi and that the matter over his government’s excise policy was made as a result of “political vendetta and conspiracy”.
There was no scam in the Delhi Liquor Policy case. This is a conspiracy against Manish Sisodia. The same policy was implemented in Punjab as well and we have ensured profits in that state, Manish will go and cooperate.
In response to Kejriwal’s remarks, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva wondered why the AAP government scrapped the excise policy if there was no scam in it, as reported by PTI.
The Excise Policy 2021-22 was withdrawn by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government last year for “violation of norms and lapses” after Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.
The CBI had registered an FIR in a special court in August last year against Sisodia and 14 others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 477A (falsification of record), and Section 7 of IPC is included. Corruption Prevention Act.
It is alleged that the Delhi government’s policy of granting licenses to liquor traders favors some dealers who allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly denied by the AAP.
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