Recently the CBI had raided the residence of Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia . Sisodia claims that, the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will be a battle between Arvind Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who he alleged was using all means to scare the AAP supremo.
Noting that the Delhi excise policy was implemented with complete transparency and there was no scam, Sisodia said they want to stop Arvind Kejriwal whose work on education and health is being talked about in the world. Reported by Zee News.
The CBI carried out searches at the residences of Sisodia and IAS officer Arava Gopi Krishna apart from 19 other locations after registering an FIR in connection with the alleged corruption in the implementation of the Delhi excise policy, officials said. “I want to thank the CBI for not causing any inconvenience to my family. They are good officers but they have orders from above to carry out raids,” he said during a media briefing.
Sisodia claimed that they were being targeted because their worry is Arvind Kejriwal who has gained the love of the people of this country and has emerged as a “national option”. “They are not concerned about any scam in the excise policy. They are scared of Kejriwal who has gained the love of the people, especially after the party’s victory in the Punjab assembly elections.
“They want to stop the good work being done in education and health sectors. They first arrested Satyendar Jain who was holding the charge of the health portfolio and I will also be arrested in the next couple of days,” he claimed. Sisodia termed the Excise Policy 2021-22 as the “best policy”, and said there was “no wrongdoing” in its implementation but a conspiracy to scare Kejriwal.
“This is not befitting of a prime minister who has got the people’s mandate. The difference between Kejriwal and Modi is that the former thinks about poor people and the latter thinks about his select friends. “Kejriwal appreciates those who do good work but Modi only dreams of making state governments fall and using central agencies like CBI and ED to target those who are doing good,” he said.
Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal commented on the timing of the CBI action and AAP’s campaign in poll-bound Gujarat. Sibal indicated that BJP’s war against ‘revdi culture’, the CBI action against Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and a minister’s statement to rope in Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had to do with the AAP’s aggressive campaign in poll-bound Gujarat.
