Will be arrested in 2-4 days: Manish Sisodia on CBI raids
New Delhi, August 20: A day after the CBI conducted searches at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's residence, the AAP leader stated that he may get arrested in the next 2 to 4 days and that the liquor issue or excise policy was only an excuse to target him because he was a minister under Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Sisodia further said that the raids against him were all political and had nothing to do with the alleged violations in Delhi's Excise Policy.
"Maybe within the next 3-4 days, CBI-ED will arrest me... we won't be scared, you won't be able to break us... Elections of 2024 will be AAP vs BJP," said Sisodia.
While addressing a press conference in the national capital, he added, "Their issue is not liquor/excise scam. Their problem is Arvind Kejriwal... whole proceedings against me, raids at my residence and office, are to stop Arvind Kejriwal... I haven't done any corruption. I'm just Arvind Kejriwal's Education Minister."
Sisodia stated that Delhi's excise policy was the best policy and said," Excise policy due to which whole controversy is created is the country's best policy. We were applying it with transparency and sincerity. Had Delhi LG not changed his decision conspiring to fail the policy, Delhi government would've been getting at least Rs 10,000 cr every year."
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Earlier on Friday, the Deputy Chief Minister said that he and his family had cooperated with the CBI, which he claimed was "being misused" by the Centre, on a day when the investigative agency carried out raids at multiple locations in connection with a case linked to the AAP government now withdrawn excise policy.
Speaking to the media after the CBI officials left following a 14-hour-long raid, Sisodia said, "CBI team came this morning. They searched my house and seized my computer and phone. My family cooperated with them and will continue to cooperate. We have not done any corruption or wrong. We are not afraid. We know that CBI is being misused."
Meanwhile, Sisodia has been named the first accused in FIR filed by CBI. The list includes 14 more people like excise officials, liquor company executives, and dealers along with some unknown public servants and private persons.
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