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MCD polls: BJP failed miserably to work for Delhi people, says Sisodia

As voting is underway for MCD elections, Dy CM Manish Sisodia accused BJP of not doing anything for Delhi for the last 15 years and said that it has failed miserably to work for the people of the city

Manish Sisodia will have to 'face the law' in excise policy scam case: BJP

The BJP on Saturday claimed that the AAP used the Delhi Excise policy to "receive kickbacks" and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who was "instrumental" in framing it will "face the music and the law". Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy have been weaving stories through press conferences to spread a "lie" that there was no "scam" in the implementation of the excise policy and that Sisodia was innocent, alleged BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra. An immediate reaction was not available from the AAP on the issue. "The probe against Sisodia is underway and the allegations against him are very serious," Patra said at a press conference citing the remand note of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) presented in a court recently against a liquor "scam" accused Amit Arora. A case against Sisodia and several other persons was registered by the CBI in August this year over the alleged irregularities in implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22. The policy implemented in Novemb

In 15 years, BJP turned Delhi into a garbage mound, says Dy CM Sisodia

Ahead of the civic polls in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday slammed the BJP for turning the national capital into a ''mound of garbage'' and stressed that people will choose AAP in MCD too. Polling for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will be held on December 4 and the counting of votes on December 7. "The BJP was in power in MCD for 15 years and it turned Delhi into a capital of garbage mounds and stray animals. This time, people will choose Arvind Kejriwal for MCD to make Delhi clean and beautiful," he claimed.

Sisodia, other accused destroyed excise-scam evidence, alleges BJP

The BJP alleged on Thursday that Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 35 others who are being probed in connection with the excise policy scam, destroyed 170 mobile phones to cover up evidence. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed that the personal assistant of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal changed four handsets in a short span of time. "Manish Sisodia changed four mobile numbers and 16 handsets," Bhatia said at a press conference. He alleged that minister Kailash Gehlot also changed three handsets and Vijay Nair, communications incharge of the Aam Aadmi Party, changed seven handsets. "Thirty-six accused in the case destroyed 170 mobile phones worth Rs 1.5 crore," Bhatia said. He asked people wanted to know what was the motive, describing Kejriwal as a "hardcore corrupt" person who gives certificate of "hardcore honesty". The Delhi government's policy to grant licenses to liquor traders was allegedly influenced in favour of certain dealers, who paid bribes for it, a

AAP will regulate those illegal markets BJP refused to licence: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said the AAP will regularise markets that have have not been granted licenses by MCD, which, he alleged, BJP denied them to extort money. Traders constitute an important votebank for the parties and both AAP and BJP have announced sops for them, if they are voted to power after the December 4 MCD polls. Calling Delhi a traders' city, Sisodia alleged that retailers and service providers like restaurants have been much "harassed" by the BJP-ruled municipal corporations. "Bribe was rampant in issuing various kinds of licenses that was called 'BJP fees.' We will rationalise the license fees that are very high and people themselves will discard the 'BJP fee' this time in the MCD polls," Sisodia told PTI in an interview. "The municipal corporations under the BJP, deliberately declared numerous markets in the city as illegal. The markets are there but they do not exist on paper. "There are at least 70 municipal wards where there is n

BJP extorted, looted money from traders for 15 years: Manish Sisodia

Ahead of the municpal polls here, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Wednesday accused the BJP of extorting money from traders in Krishna Nagar in east Delhi and said Arvind Kejriwal will help them get rid of this "curse". Sisodia, who is the deputy chief minister of Delhi, held marches in various wards of Laxmi Nagar, Krishna Nagar and Patparganj. He also interacted with people on civic issues faced by them. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls are being seen as a high stakes contest with the Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress eyeing to wrest it from the BJP which ruled it for 15 years. "Water accumulates on streets and causes many diseases, but the BJP has completely ignored all this over the years. The BJP has never considered garbage management as their duty in the past five years," Sisodia said, adding that in most of the colonies drains were choked and overflowing. The BJP extorted money from traders and imposed conversion charges arbitrarily, but

MCD polls: BJP emptied people's pockets instead of cleaning waste: Sisodia

Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that the BJP extorted money from people and emptied their pockets instead of cleaning the garbage in the city in the past 15 years. Holding street corner meetings at R K Puram, Munirka, Vasant Vihar, Mehrauli and Chhattarpur, Sisodia said the city residents are fed up with the BJP's incompetence in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and that they will vote to bring the AAP to the civic body. People will choose the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in MCD too to fasten the pace of development work across Delhi. The BJP extorted money from the common man and emptied their pockets. People are fed up with the BJP's incompetence and hence, they will vote for the AAP in the upcoming civic body polls, he underlined. The senior AAP leader further accused the saffron party of failing to perform its core functions in the last 15 years in MCD. The core responsibility of the BJP was to ensure cleanliness of parks, roads, bylanes, and sewers across

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Delhi liquor scam: Manish Sisodia not named in chargesheet by CBI

Sisodia also demanded action against the Chief Secretary and the resignation of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena

Their education model made 'rapist' a 'therapist': Nadda takes jibe at AAP

BJP President said, "They have even arranged massage inside the jail. They have worked so well in the education sector that they made a 'rapist' a 'therapist'. Manish Sisodia should be ashamed"

CBI files first charge sheet in Delhi excise scam case; Sisodia not named

The CBI on Friday filed its first charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy scam case against seven accused while Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was named in the agency's FIR, does not figure in the document. Officials said investigators have kept the probe open into the alleged role of Sisodia, a senior AAP leader, and others named in the First Information Report(FIR). Arrested businessmen Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally were among the seven accused named in the charge sheet. "Further investigation is continuing to investigate the role of accused named in the FIR and other persons on various allegations including conspiracies with other licensees, money trails, cartelization and larger conspiracies in the formulation and implementation of the Excise Policy," the CBI spokesperson said in a statement. The charge sheet was filed before a special Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) judge M K Nagpal who will take up the matter for consideration on November 30. Delhi Chief .

Attempts made to frame Sisodia in fake excise scam case: Delhi CM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the excise policy scam case "fake" on Friday and alleged that attempts were made to frame his deputy Manish Sisodia in it, whereas the CBI found nothing against him in its probe. "Manish's name is not in the CBI chargesheet. The whole case is fake. Nothing was found in the raids. A total of 800 officers found nothing in the probe for four months. Manish offered hope of a good future to crores of poor children in the country through a revolution in education. I am sorry that a conspiracy was hatched to defame such a person by implicating him in a false case," Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its first chargesheet in the excise policy scam case against seven accused, including two businessmen, on Friday. Besides the two arrested businessmen, the head of a television news channel, a Hyderabad-based liquor trader, a Delhi-based liquor distributor and two excise department officials have been ..

Sisodia says AAP leader's death cannot be linked with denial of ticket

Manish Sisodia says it's wrong to allege Sandeep Bhardwaj took his life because he was denied ticket by AAP to contest in MCD polls

Delhi L-G takes note of AAP's tweet, asks Police Commissioner to act

After Manish Sisodia alleged that the BJP is conspiring to kill Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi L-G VK Saxena directed the city Police Commissioner to ensure that such incidents do not take place

MCD Polls: BJP failed, Delhi will give befitting reply, says Sisodia

Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said the people of Delhi would give a "befitting response" to the BJP, which had "failed" to perform its primary responsibility during its 15-year tenure in charge of the civic body. The BJP has been in power in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) -- trifurcated in 2012 into north, south and east corporations and then unified this year -- for three straight terms. Addressing public meetings at wards in Harkesh Nagar, Pul Prahladpur and Tughlakabad, Sisodia said citizens of the national capital were "fed up" with the civic body and would choose the party that worked for development this time. "Citizens have been saying that the BJP has been cheating the public for the last 15 years in the MCD. The people are also fed up with their garbage mismanagement. This time, the people will choose the party that works for development," he said. The AAP on Wednesday kicked off the second phase of its campaigning for the MCD elections with music

Gujarat polls: BJP is learnt to have 'threatened' some channels: Sisodia

The BJP is learnt to have "threatened" some news channels that it will not send its panelists to participate in debates on Gujarat if AAP representatives are invited, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged on Monday, amid high-decibel campaigns by the parties for assembly polls in the state. Reacting to Sisodia's tweet, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal took potshots at the BJP and said it was not right on the part of the saffron party to "threaten" TV channels in such a manner. "People from some TV channels have said that BJP has threatened that it will not participate in any of the debate on Gujarat if they invite AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) representatives there. TV channels protested a lot but BJP did not agree," Sisodia said in a tweet in Hindi. He, however, did not give any proof to his claim on the micro-blogging site. "BJP guys! Come face to face if you have the courage. You have already run away in fear," the senior AAP leader. On his .

MCD polls: AAP launches 'Kejriwal ki Sarkar, Kejriwal ka Paarshad' campaign

AAP leader Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia sharpened his attack on the BJP, accusing it of having "no vision" for the MCD as he announced a new campaign to "alert voters" in choosing the Aam Aadmi Party in the civic body polls. BJP leaders have no agenda in this polls other than to "abuse Arvind Kejriwal day and night", he alleged while launching the 'Kejriwal ki Sarkar, Kejriwal ka Paarshad' (Kejriwal's government, Kejriwal's councillor) campaign. Sisodia claimed the "AAP is set to win" the MCD polls and if BJP wins even one ward in Delhi "they will impede development work in their areas". The BJP has done nothing in the past 15 years in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and has no vision for the next five years as well, he alleged. "But, we have a vision to fix civic problems, make parks better and address landfill sites issues. The AAP is going to win this election. So, if you want work to be done in your ward, pick an AAP councillor. If a BJP councillor is elected i

Satyendar Jain moves court, seeks contempt proceedings against ED

Jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday moved a court here seeking contempt proceedings against the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly leaking a CCTV footage to the media in which he is seen receiving massage inside Tihar Jail. Special Judge Vikas Dhull issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on Jain's plea, asking the agency to file its response by Monday. In his plea, the Aam Aadmi Party leader has accused the ED of leaking the CCTV footage "despite an undertaking given in the court" that no material related to the case will be divulged to the media. A CCTV footage of Jain getting massage inside Thar Jail emerged in the mainstream as well as social media on Saturday morning. Earlier during a bail hearing, the ED had accused Jain of getting special treatment inside the jail. The court had earlier ordered the ED as well as Jain's legal team to not leak any content of affidavits or video related to the case to the media, and had taken their undertakings in that ...

Satyendar Jain undergoing physiotherapy for spinal injury: Manish Sisodia

Addressing mediapersons, Sisodia said: 'Jain had sustained injury to his spine and that led to pinched nerve. He was also admitted to hospital'

Leaked videos: Sisodia says Jain undergoing physiotherapy for spine injury

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday accused the BJP of leaking AAP minister Satyendar Jain's videos from the Tihar jail here and claimed that he was undergoing physiotherapy for a spine injury. Accusing the saffron party of resorting to cheap theatrics, he said Jain, who is in judicial custody in a money laundering case, had fallen down in jail. "He (Jain) had sustained an injury to his spine and even underwent two surgeries. The doctor had advised physiotherapy upon discharge and those videos show him getting physiotherapy," he said. Sisodia also said that his colleague has been lodged in a false case and that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was poking fun at Jain's illness. "They (BJP) are losing the MCD and Gujarat polls and that is why they are resorting to such cheap theatrics. They should fight the MCD elections in Delhi on issues," he said.