Cong backs CBI raids on AAP leadership, says 'it is not surprising'
New Delhi, August 19: After the CBI raid at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the excise policy probe, the Congress party on Friday backed the agency's move and said that it is not surprising that the raids did not take place earlier.
"It is not surprising. We have been hearing about what has been happening in the Delhi Government for the last 7-8 years. It is surprising that the CBI raids didn't happen earlier. Be it liquor case, construction of rooms in schools, teachers recruitment, the civil defence recruitment case or the contracts case wherever you see, there should've been not one but 10 CBI raids," Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said.
Dikshit went on to say that the Congress has always believed that the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP colluded in Delhi to harm the Congress's prospects.
"AAP is making money, damaging Congress and supporting BJP. Now they (BJP) might have felt they're (AAP) not needed anymore, so all sins of AAP will come out. We'll see if BJP strikes an agreement with them or does justice," Sandeep, the son of the former Delhi CM late Shiela Dikshit, said.
Dikshit also stated that if the AAP government is investigated, no ministers will remain in the AAP cabinet.
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"I am sure that, if the raids are done with integrity and the cases go on, there will be no minister in AAP cabinet will left," he added, saying that it remains to be seen whether the BJP "will strike an agreement with them (AAP) or do justice."
Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera taking to Twitter said, "The flip side to the relentless misuse of agencies against political rivals is that even legitimate, rightful actions of agencies come under a cloud of suspicion. In the process, the corrupt get away hiding behind the 'misuse' argument and the honest end up paying the price."
Earlier in the day, the CBI conducted searches at 21 locations in Delhi-NCR, including the offices of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and former Delhi Excise Commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna, in connection with allegations of irregularities in the recently withdrawn revamped Delhi Excise Policy.
In a tweet this morning, Sisodia stated: "CBI has arrived...We are honest, building a future for lakhs of children. Unfortunate that in this country, whoever does good work is hassled just like this, that is why our country is still not number-1."
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