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NATION MARCH 17, 2023 | The Indian Eye 8

Dark clouds over AAP Govt

as BJP hints at Kejriwal meeting

same fate as Sisodia

Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI in the liquor policy case on February 26 and

was sent to 14-day judicial custody on March 6

Bureau of Investigation, the Enforce-
OUR BUREAU ment Directorate (ED) on Thursday
arrested Sisodia in the liquor policy
New Delhi
case, after hours of questioning at
he Rouse Avenue Court on Tihar Jail.
Friday while sending Aam Sisodia was arrested by the CBI
TAadmi Party leader Manish earlier in its ongoing investigation
Sisodia to ED remand said that he is of a case related to alleged irregu-
being remanded to custody for a peri- larities in the framing and imple-
od of 7 days till March 17 for the pur- mentation of the excise policy of the
poses of his “detailed and extensive National Capital Territory of Delhi
interrogation and confrontations”. (GNCTD). Delhi’s Rouse Avenue
The ED began questioning the Court sent him to Judicial Custody
senior AAP leader and one of the till March 20.
party’s founding members, days after In another development, newly
it recorded his statement on Tuesday. appointed Delhi ministers Saurabh
Sisodia was arrested by the CBI in Bharadwaj and Atishi Marlena on
the liquor policy case on February 26 Friday took charge of their respective
and was sent to 14-day judicial custo- departments in the Delhi secretariat.
dy on March 6. Both were sworn in as Ministers in
the Delhi cabinet on Thursday in the
Special Judge MK Nagpal said, presence of Lieutenant Governor
Court is, prima facie, convinced Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi Vinai Kumar Saxena at Raj Niwas.
This came after President Droupa-
that the arrest of the accused in at Rajghat before initiating prayers for the country on the occasion of the Holi festival, di Murmu on Tuesday accepted the
in New Delhi on Wednesday (ANI)
this case is justified and ED has resignations of former Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Sisodia and Minis-
also the power to seek custody Matta submitted that even in the sodia behaved with Dinesh Arora in ter Satyendar Jain, both of whom are
of the accused for his further statement given by Manish Sisodia a manner which showed the liquor currently lodged in Tihar jail.
on March 7, 2023, and March 9, 2023, industry that they had a close work- President Murmu on Tuesday
examination and interrogation. he has been untrue. “On being asked ing relationship, said the ED. appointed Atishi and Bharadwaj as
about his association with Dinesh Meanwhile, reacting to Del- ministers in the Delhi cabinet on
However, Special Judge MK Arora, who handled the transfer of hi former Deputy Chief Minister the advice of chief minister Arvind
Nagpal also directed that his inter- kickbacks from the South Group to Manish Sisodia’s arrest by the En- Kejriwal, with effect from the date
rogation shall be conducted at some Vijay Nair, he gave an answer con- forcement Directorate and Central they are sworn in, stated Ministry of
place having CCTV coverage in ac- trary to what has been revealed by Bureau of Investigation in connec- Home Affairs.
cordance with the guidelines laid independent persons and stakehold- tion with alleged irregularities in the Kejriwal had forwarded the
down by the Supreme Court and also ers,” he said. now-scrapped liquor policy, BJP MP names to the Lieutenant Governor
in accordance with all the other ap- On being asked whether Man- Manoj Tiwari asserted that Delhi for their appointment to the Cabinet.
plicable rules, directions and guide- ish Sisodia had asked Dinesh Aro- Chief Minister would also meet the Atishi represents the Kalkaji constit-
lines on the subject and the said ra to come and sit next to him in a same fate. uency and has been a key member of
CCTV footage shall be preserved. meeting that was held to resolve the “I can clearly foresee that in fu- Sisodia’s education team. She had
The act of pro-active destruc- issues of the retailers before the com- ture, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha
tion of evidence leads to only one mencement of the business in 2021, Kejriwal would meet the same fate polls from the East Delhi constitu-
inference that Manish Sisodia made he denied the fact and then he was as jailed ministers Sisodia and Sa- ency and lost to BJP’s Gautam Gam-
conscious efforts to destroy evidence confronted with the statements of tyendar Jain. You can cheat a human bhir.
of the offence of money laundering, his own Secretary C Arvind, Pan- being, but you can’t cheat God. Bharadwaj, the party’s national
said Enforcement Directorate while kaj Bhatnagar, Asst. Commissioner, The way Delhi’s treasury has spokesperson, had served the Delhi
seeking remand of Sisodia in connec- who had organized that meeting and been looted, I don’t think any crim- Jal Board as its vice chairman. The
tion with the Delhi excise policy case. Amit Arora, a retailer, who all have inal or corrupt person will be able legislator from Greater Kailash was
Appearing for ED, advocates verified and corroborated the fact to escape,” Manoj Tiwari said. Days also a minister during the first stint of
Zohaib Hossain and Naveen Kumar that during that meeting Manish Si- after the arrest made by the Central the AAP government.

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