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  • AAP MLAs Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj take oath as Delhi ministers

    AAP MLAs Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj take oath as Delhi ministers

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    New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj were sworn in as Ministers in the Delhi cabinet on Thursday.

    The swearing-in ceremony took place in the Auditorium at Raj Niwas, Delhi.

    Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administered the oath to newly inducted ministers.

    “In terms of the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Atishi Marlena and Saurabh Bharadwaj have been appointed as Ministers in the National Capital Territory of Delhi,” read the official statement from the General Administration Department.

    This comes after President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday accepted the resignations of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Minister Satyendar Jain, both currently lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

    President Murmu on Tuesday appointed Atishi and Bharadwaj as ministers in the Delhi cabinet on the advice of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, with effect from the date they are sworn in, stated Ministry of Home Affairs.

    Kejriwal had forwarded the names to the Lieutenant Governor for their appointment to the Cabinet.

    Atishi represents the Kalkaji constituency and has been a key member of Sisodia’s education team.

    She had also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the East Delhi constituency and lost to BJP’s Gautam Gambhir.

    Bharadwaj, the party’s national spokesperson, had served the Delhi Jal Board as its vice chairman. The legislator from Greater Kailash was also a minister during the first stint of the AAP government.

    The Delhi council of ministers now has a strength of five, including CM Arvind Kejriwal, who does not hold any portfolios.
    Sisodia had resigned from his all 18 posts following his arrest in the alleged excise policy scam.

    After former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain’s arrest last year, seven portfolios handled by him were shifted to Sisodia, who was looking after 18 departments when he was arrested.

    He is now lodged in Tihar’s jail after Rouse Avenue Court on Monday sent him to judicial custody till March 20.

    The excise policy was passed in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Cabinet in the middle of the deadly Delta Covid-19 pandemic in 2021.

    The Delhi government’s version is that the policy was formulated to ensure the generation of optimum revenue, eradicate the sale of spurious liquor or non-duty paid liquor in Delhi, besides improving user experience.

    The CBI had filed a case against alleged corruption in the 2021-22 excise policy. The excise policy was subsequently withdrawn by the AAP government.

    Sisodia was among 15 others booked in an FIR filed by the CBI. Excise officials, liquor company executives, dealers, some unknown public servants and private persons were booked in the case.

    It was alleged that irregularities were committed including modifications in the Excise Policy and undue favours were extended to the license holders including waiver or reduction in licence fee, an extension of L-1 license without approval etc.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • AAP alleges Sisodia kept with ‘dangerous’ criminals in Tihar jail

    AAP alleges Sisodia kept with ‘dangerous’ criminals in Tihar jail

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    New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday expressed concerns over former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s “safety” inside the jail and alleged that he was being kept with “dangerous” criminals, a charge denied by the prison authorities.

    AAP national spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that Sisodia is being kept with other criminals in the Tihar Jail and has been refused “vipassana” cell.

    He claimed that despite approval from the court, Sisodia has not been provided the “vipassana” cell.

    “There was a request for Manish Sisodia to be kept in the vipassana cell of the jail and it was approved by the court. Despite the court’s approval, Sisodia has been kept with other criminals in jail number 1. The Centre must answer why are they doing this,” Bharadwaj said.

    Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh lashed out at the BJP and the Centre and alleged that they have been “misusing” central agencies such as the CBI and the ED.

    “BJP and the Centre are full of hatred and they have been misusing the central agencies. Every other day there is news of CBI and ED raids on the opposition leaders. They (BJP) are least bothered about education, health, electricity, water and overall progress of the country,” Singh alleged.

    He further alleged that Sisodia has been kept with “dangerous” criminals in the jail and that the party leaders have been “worried about his safety”.

    Senior AAP leader Dilip Pandey claimed that court orders have been “defied” and Sisodia has been kept with criminals with “dangerous records” inside the Tihar Jail.

    “First, Manish Sisodia was mentally tortured by the central agencies and then he has been kept in Tihar’s jail number 1 with criminals with dangerous records. He is also being pressured to sign the papers where false charges have been framed against him,” he alleged.

    Rejecting the Aam Aadmi Party’s allegations as “unfounded”, the Delhi Prison authorities on Wednesday said Sisodia has been lodged in a ward of Central Jail No. 1 of Tihar where there are a minimum number of inmates and no gangsters.

    In a statement, the prison authorities said, “Manish Sisodia has been assigned to a segregated ward keeping his security in mind. The ward…has minimum number of inmates who are not gangsters and are maintaining good conduct inside the jail.”

    According to jail officials, a separate cell makes it possible for him to meditate or do such other activities without any disturbance.

    “All the arrangements, as per jail rules, are in place to ensure his safety and security. Any aspersions cast about his lodgings is unfounded,” an official added.

    Sisodia was arrested by the CBI in the excise policy scam case. He is currently in judicial custody.

    Reacting to the allegations levelled by the AAP, BJP leader Manoj Tiwari charged that the AAP is “trying to mislead” the public as Tihar Jail comes under the Delhi government’s Department of Prisons.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • BJP playing hide and seek with people on property tax and other issues: Amit Kapoor

    BJP playing hide and seek with people on property tax and other issues: Amit Kapoor

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     Manish Sisodia’s arrest has been done with a sense of revenge

     Jammu, 8 March.  Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and vice president of Jammu province Amit Kapoor accused the BJP of playing hide and seek on property tax and other important issues faced by the people. 

    Strongly opposing the imposition of property tax on the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the AAP leader launched a scathing attack on the BJP. 

    He said that the government is imposing property tax on the people at a time when they are facing economic crisis and are facing political frustration in the absence of an elected government.  Along with this, he said that the arrest of senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia has been done with a sense of revenge so that the anger of the opponents can be treated.

    Addressing a press conference in Jammu, AAP’s Jammu province vice-president Amit Kapoor said the same thing.  He said that on almost all the major issues of the people including property tax issue, bulldozer scheme, killings of minorities, rehabilitation and salary issues of Kashmiri Pandits and reserved category employees of Jammu, the UT administration is playing a game of hide and seek at the behest of the BJP.  Has been  Apart from this, the government is doing the same on the issue of various sections of striking employees, temporary employees and unemployed youth etc.

     He said that the BJP is trying to mislead the public on all important issues just to fool the general public and maintain its influence among the people.  He said the reality is that the BJP-led central government is running the affairs of the UT through the LG administration and all important decisions are either taken in Delhi or in consultation with the central government.

    Amit Kapoor said that whether it is the killing of innocents, especially the minorities, Kashmiri Pandits, Jammu employees and others, and resolving the issues of their resettlement in a safe environment, strengthening the security arrangements in the vulnerable areas of the minorities,  

    Apart from this, BJP is running a proxy government on the issues of eviction of poor and common people and running bulldozers, daily wage laborers of various categories of temporary employees and others, and is also trying to play the double role of the opposition.  He said that but the reality is that the central government is directly controlling JKUT.

     He said that all sections of people were being crushed under heavy taxes and arbitrary orders and directions. 

    He said that this has generated huge public anger against the government and in view of this public anger, the government should withdraw the anti-people decisions immediately. 

    Attacking the BJP government for the arrest of senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, he said that BJP is doing this to suppress the voice of the opponents.  He said that Aam Aadmi Party will continue to raise issues of public interest and your leaders will not come under any kind of pressure due to such tactics of BJP.

  • AAP accuses CBI of mentally torturing Sisodia in its custody

    AAP accuses CBI of mentally torturing Sisodia in its custody

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    New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi on Sunday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of mentally torturing former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and forcing him to sign a false confession paper in custody.

    The former deputy of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI on February 26 in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

    Speaking at a press conference here, Atishi questioned the CBI’s actions while highlighting “the agency’s failure to prove any corruption charges against Sisodia”.

    The AAP legislator from Kalkaji constituency asserted that despite thousands of hours of investigation, the full-time involvement of over 500 officers, thousands of pages of chargesheets, and over 50 hours of raids, “the investigation agencies have not been able to prove the corruption of even one rupee against Sisodia”.

    She said that stories of torture in police custody, putting pressure, and forcing people to sign false confessions are often heard.

    “If this could happen to Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister, it is a matter of great concern for the entire country, and there is a possibility that it could happen to anyone in the future,” she said.

    Atishi further said that Sisodia was neither named in the CBI’s first chargesheet, nor was his name mentioned in the probe agency’s supplementary chargesheet.

    “Then it was predicted that his name might appear on the ED’s chargesheet. However, Manish Sisodia was not even named in the chargesheet submitted by the ED,” she said, adding his name did not appear on any of these chargesheets, as neither the CBI nor the ED has any evidence against him.

    The AAP legislator also accused the CBI of arresting Sisodia without any evidence “to please its political masters”.

    “He was arrested on the basis of a false charge of non-cooperation and that his arrest was not made on the basis of any evidence or documentary proof,” she said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Both Congress, BJP want all other political parties to cease to exist: AAP

    Both Congress, BJP want all other political parties to cease to exist: AAP

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    New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday slammed the Congress for not standing by it on the issue of Manish Sisodia’s arrest, and alleged that both the grand old party and the BJP want all other political parties to cease to exist.

    The Congress never stands by the Opposition and engages in a war of words with the BJP merely to “fool” the country, AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj charged at a press conference.

    Bharadwaj was replying to a question whether the Congress not joining the leaders of the nine opposition parties in writing a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the alleged misuse of central agencies was an indication that the grand old party and the AAP would never be together under a united opposition umbrella.

    “If you look at the history, you will find the Congress has never stood by the Opposition. Whenever it comes to raising voice on national issues, the Congress goes missing. They have gone missing today as well,” Bharadwaj charged.

    “The entire world knows that Sisosdia has been arrested. Congress, which considers itself the big brother and says it will lead if any opposition alliance is formed, should have reached out to the opposition parties,” he said.

    “Where is the Congress, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi?” he asked, alleging that all of them have gone missing because they are happy with what’s happening in the country and with the AAP leaders.

    Bharadwaj said the Congress is silent on the issue of alleged misuse of the central probe agencies and the arrest of the AAP leaders because both the grand old party and the BJP “want all opposition parties to cease to exist.”

    “So that just the BJP and the Congress remain there,” he charged.

    The AAP leader claimed that the opposition parties wanted to corner the BJP during the first part of the Budget Session on the alleged stock manipulation by the Adani group but the Congress gave the ruling party “a kind of safe passage” and let Parliament function by “breaking the opposition unity” on the issue.

    “For almost one decade, the BJP has been talking about sending Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to jail. The BJP has been saying that they will send Robert Vadra also to jail. But nothing happened so far,” he said.

    “Both the Congress and the BJP are engaged in a war of words just to fool the country,” the AAP spokesperson charged, adding “it’s just an enmity of convenience”.

    Leaders of nine opposition parties, including Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, have written a joint letter to Prime Minister Modi alleging “blatant misuse” of central agencies against the members of the opposition.

    The signatories of the letter are Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Bannerjee, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Farooq Abdullah (Jammu & Kashmir National Conference), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena, UBT) and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party.

    “The blatant misuse of central agencies against the members of the opposition appears to suggest that we have transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy. The misuse of central agencies and constitutional offices like that of the governor to settle scores outside of the electoral battlefield is strongly condemnable as it does not bode well for our democracy,” the letter read.

    Highlighting Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s arrest by the CBI in connection with the irregularities in the liquor policy, the leaders said the charges against the AAP leader were outright baseless and smack of a political conspiracy.

    “His arrest has enraged people across the country. Sisodia is recognised globally for transforming Delhi’s school education. His arrest will be cited worldwide as an example of a political witch-hunt and further confirm what the world was only suspecting – that India’s democratic values stand threatened under an authoritarian BJP regime,” they alleged.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Sisodia being tortured by CBI, pressured to sign documents with false charges: AAP

    Sisodia being tortured by CBI, pressured to sign documents with false charges: AAP

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    New Delhi: AAP national spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj Sunday claimed the CBI was “torturing” senior party leader Manish Sisodia and pressuring him to sign papers containing false charges.

    The federal probe agency arrested Sisodia on February 26 for allegedly not cooperating in the investigation into the Delhi excise policy case and being evasive on questions from investigators. A special CBI court on Saturday extended the custody of Sisodia till March 6.

    On February 28, Sisodia resigned from the Arvind Kejriwal-led cabinet.

    According to officials, the agency wants to utilise Sisodia’s custody to locate the crucial missing file containing legal opinions on the expert committee recommendations on the excise policy, which remains untraceable even now.

    “Manish Sisodia is being tortured by the CBI and being pressured to sign the documents containing false charges framed against him. CBI has no evidence against Sisodia. They never mentioned any evidence is missing. They raided his residence but found nothing,” Bhardwaj told reporters here on Sunday.

    Sisodia, who was produced before the court on Saturday on the expiry of his five-day CBI custody, claimed that he was “sitting for eight to nine hours” and answering the same questions again and again” and termed it “mental harassment”.

    To this, the judge, who had in the last hearing directed the CBI not to use the third degree on the accused, told the probe agency not to ask the “same questions again and again”. “If you have something new, ask him,” the judge said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Kejriwal, Mann to address AAP workers in Raipur on Sunday

    Kejriwal, Mann to address AAP workers in Raipur on Sunday

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    Raipur: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal will be on a one-day visit to Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Sunday to boost AAP’s preparations for the assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year, a party leader said.

    Kejriwal will be accompanied by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and the duo will address a party workers’ convention here.

    The AAP had tried its luck for the first time in Chhattisgarh assembly polls in 2018 and fielded candidates in 85 of 90 seats but failed to achieve success. However, a landslide win in Punjab last year turbocharged its national ambitions.

    Even though it won in just five constituencies despite running a high-decibel campaign in Gujarat, where the Bharatiya Janata Party won a record 156 seats, the party garnered about 13 per cent vote share. On Saturday, AAP also announced its plans to contest all 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh, which too goes to polls this year.

    The visit of the AAP top leadership and their interaction with party workers will further strengthen the preparations for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Delhi minister and the party’s state election in-charge Gopal Rai told reporters here.

    The two leaders will address the party workers’ convention in Jora ground in front of the Agriculture university around 3 pm on Sunday, he said.

    Rai accused the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party that have governed the state since it was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in 2000. The present Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government has completely failed on the law and order front, he claimed.

    Highlighting several schemes of the Kejriwal government in New Delhi in just few years of its rule, Rai demanded to know why Chhattisgarh has failed to register such achievements in so many years.

    He said the BJP and Congress have been seeking votes through false promises and populist announcements.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Change for a ‘new engine’: Kejriwal at first AAP poll rally in Karnataka

    Change for a ‘new engine’: Kejriwal at first AAP poll rally in Karnataka

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    Davangere: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealed to the people of poll-bound Karnataka to give his Aam Aadmi Party a chance to give a corruption-free government for five years.

    He also promised to give free electricity, quality education in government schools and good healthcare for the state’s people.

    Addressing his maiden election public meeting in Karnataka, the AAP supremo said the party has zero tolerance for corruption as a minister and an MLA in party-ruled Punjab were jailed.

    “We are staunch honest. We will give a corruption-free government. We will give free electricity, build good government schools and provide quality education,” Kejriwal said.

    Assembly elections are due in Karnataka by May.

    The AAP chief alleged that corruption in the state doubled since the last assembly polls in 2018 and urged the people to vote in a ‘new engine’ government by throwing out the ‘double-engine’ regime of the BJP.

    Taking a dig at the ruling BJP in Karnataka, Kejriwal alleged that there is a 40 per cent commission government running in the state.

    “The people of Karnataka are good but the leaders are not. They defamed and destroyed the state before the world. There is a 40 per cent commission government here in which 40 per cent cut is taken in every public work,” Kejriwal alleged.

    In this context, he mentioned the recovery of Rs 8.23 crore unaccounted cash from Channagiri BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa’s son Prashanth Kumar M V.

    “Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah came to Karnataka and appealed to the people to give absolute majority in the upcoming assembly election so that a corruption-free government can be established in the state. Then, someone reminded him that already there is a BJP government in the state. I want to ask him why you could not eradicate corruption in the last four years,” the Delhi Chief Minister said.

    He said the very next day after Shah flew back to Delhi, a BJP MLA’s son was caught with crores of unaccounted cash.

    “That MLA and his son who hail from Davangere have not been arrested yet. Instead, Manish Sisodia was arrested,” Kejriwal said referring to Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia’s arrest by the CBI in the excise policy scam case.

    He added that the raids at Sisodia’s house could not yield anything.

    “They (BJP) alleged that Sisodia hushed up hundreds of crores of rupees. If that was true, then at least some crore of rupees should have been found but only Rs 10,000 was found,” Kejriwal claimed.

    Taking a jibe at the BJP, the Delhi Chief Minister said the MLA in the dock may be given Padma Bhushan award next year. “All the criminals be it thieves, robbers, rowdies or rapists are absorbed in the BJP,” he further claimed.

    After the BJP formed governments in Nagaland and Tripura and formed a coalition government in Meghalaya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech during the victory celebrations in Delhi asked people to stay away from ‘staunch honest people’, Kejriwal said.

    “We did not fight the election in these three states but the Prime Minister mentioned us. He asked people to stay away from staunch honest people. He is afraid of us,” the Delhi Chief Minister said.

    He ‘advised’ Modi not to be jealous of “AAP, the fastest growing party”. “Learn from us. You too become honest just like us,” the AAP supremo quipped.

    Stating that AAP is a ‘staunch honest’ party, Kejriwal said raids never led to any recovery.

    The Delhi Chief Minister said during the 2018 assembly elections in Karnataka, there was a ’20 per cent commission government’ in the state.

    “The Prime Minister came to Karnataka and alleged that there is a 20 per cent commission government (during 2018 polls). He assured that he will eradicate corruption if the ‘double-engine government’ is formed in the state,” the AAP chief said.

    He added that people trusted the Prime Minister’s words and formed the ‘double engine government’ (BJP government in the Centre and the state).

    Corruption doubled in the state from 20 per cent to 40 per cent commission, the Delhi CM alleged.

    Kejriwal said: “I will tour across the country and tell everyone not to form the double engine government. Corruption doubles in double-engine government. We need a new engine government.”

    BJP MLA Virupakshappa has been booked while his son Prashanth, a government officer, was arrested by Lokayukta following raids in several places in the state.

    The AAP chief added that the state contractors’ association president Kempanna wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the ministers in Karnataka are demanding 40 per cent commission.

    Instead of addressing the octogenarian office-bearer’s grievance or taking action against the ministers and MLAs, the 82-year-old contractor was arrested in a defamation case, Kejriwal alleged.

    The Delhi Chief Minister charged that 40 per cent commission is charged from contractors, private unaided schools and Maths (hermitage).

    Kejriwal said in the last five years, Rs 20,000 crore was spent on repairing the pothole ridden Bengaluru roads but not even 20 potholes were filled.

    Due to this indifferent government, over 100 people lost their lives due to potholes, he claimed.

    Highlighting the corruption prevailing in the state, Kejriwal said bribes are taken to recruit police sub-inspectors and lecturers.

    “Even the MLAs are on sale. The ruling party MLA has said that anyone who has Rs 2,500 crore can become the chief minister in Karnataka. Throw them out and give a chance to the staunch honest AAP,” the party chief said.

    Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann too addressed the public meeting.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • AAP faces biggest crisis since inception

    AAP faces biggest crisis since inception

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    The BJP has struck such a blow to AAP that it has become a life and death situation.

    No wonder Kejriwal wants to cut all losses and save the party and his image. The first action has been to order immediate resignation from the two Ministers embroiled in corruption on charges of a serious nature.

    Secondly, he plans to put in two other Ministers quickly in charge of the large number of portfolios being held by Satyendra Jain and Manish Sisodia, who have now resigned, so that it is business as usual and administrative work of the capital does not suffer particularly the forthcoming Budget.

    Clearly, AAP has suffered a body blow from which it may be extremely difficult for Kejriwal to come out unscathed.

    The opposition in Delhi particularly the BJP is out for the kill and unforgivingly has already started high pitched demand for the resignation of Kejriwal.

    With two Ministers of his cabinet including one of them Deputy Prime Minister being arrested on graft, the moral high ground of AAP has definitely caved in.

    Can Kejriwal in all honesty say today that he was completely unaware of what his Ministers were up to?

    Will the CBI arrest senior Ministers just on the whim of Narendra Modi? Does not seem likely, whatever the Opposition parties may allege.

    Courts too have not granted bail to Satyendra Jain even after several months. Why did the Supreme Court ask Manish Sisodia to knock on the doors of the High Court and not give him any relief? These are the kind of questions that can definitely agitate the minds of the public.

    Just playing the victim card and accusing the central government of misusing the official machinery for targeting opposition leaders may not cut much ice with the public.

    The evidence collected by CBI may not be in the public domain but to say that they have not got any “money” or “money trail” to nail Sisodia and therefore he must be given a clean chit is not right because whatever evidence they found, they felt it was sufficient to take him for interrogation and later arrest him.

    AAP has been put in an extremely tight spot which must be galling to its members particularly because the whole party had been formed out of an anti-corruption movement of Anna Hazare.

    Manish Sisodia’s innovative education policies in Delhi were becoming very popular and considered a model in Delhi and abroad.

    With its clean image and innovative policies AAP had been able to add another state like Punjab to its party fold and started having national ambitions, so far so that Kejriwal was being considered by some as an aspirant of the PM’s chair the next time round.

    The Kejriwal model which AAP wanted to be replicated elsewhere in the country has got a severe setback with the present happenings.

    The party’s national ambitions have to be clipped now because it just cannot take the high moral ground of being a party with a difference with an absolutely clean image.

    The resignations by the Ministers are a two-way sword because if on the one hand, it demonstrates that AAP has zero tolerance for corruption and anyone facing any charge has to give up his job, then Satyendra Jain’s resignation is too late.

    Secondly, the Opposition would be well within its right to point out the resignation itself as some kind of an admission of guilt, even though Manish Sisodia has said that he would like his name to be cleared before he holds any official post.

    The present crisis could not have come at a worse possible time when the AAP party must have been looking forward to contest in the forthcoming elections in several states. Now it has first to answer all questions regarding the liquor scam, arrests, and resignations. Clearly, a very difficult position from which to contest elections unless you are able to put the entire blame on Modi’s party at center.

    The problem is these cases take a long time to come to a conclusion.

    Mere charges being framed put the party leaders under a cloud. As far as public perception is concerned once someone is tarnished it takes a very long time to wipe it clear. People in the public continue to have lingering doubts even after the authorities give a clean chit.

    The BJP being pushed to a corner on the “Adani issue” has now got sufficient fodder to smear AAP and cut it to size before it could develop into a serious contender come 2024.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Adani-Hindenburg: SC order a ‘tight slap’ on Modi government, says AAP

    Adani-Hindenburg: SC order a ‘tight slap’ on Modi government, says AAP

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    Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party said Thursday the Supreme Court’s order for setting up a committee to look into various regulatory aspects of the stock markets, including the recent Adani Group shares crash, is a “tight slap” on the Modi government.

    “This has today proved that the Modi government is corrupt and useless,” AAP national spokesperson Sanjay Singh said at a press conference.

    The apex court on Thursday ordered the setting up of a six-member committee headed by former top court judge A M Sapre to investigate the recent Adani Group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research’s fraud allegations and other regulatory aspects related to the stock markets.

    A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala said the panel will make an overall assessment of the situation, suggest measures to make investors aware and strengthen the existing regulatory measures for the stock markets.

    The bench also directed the Centre, financial statutory bodies and the SEBI chairperson to render all cooperation to the panel, which will have to submit its report within two months.

    Reacting to the apex court order, the AAP leader said, “It’s a tight slap on the Modi government.”

    “To save Adani, Modi can go to any extent,” he charged.

    Opposition parties have been demanding a joint parliamentary committee probe into allegations against the Adani Group, but the Modi government categorically rejected it, Singh said.

    “The apex court of the country had to finally intervene,” he added.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )