New Delhi: After Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was summoned by the CBI, the Aam Aadmi Party has now claimed that he (Sisodia) will be arrested.
Aam Aadmi Party’s senior leader Saurabh Bhardwaj speaking about the summons said it was linked to the upcoming Gujarat elections.
He said that the BJP and the AAP are now the direct rivals in the state,
Bhardwaj also added that the BJP is scared.
It may be mentioned that the CBI has summoned Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for questioning in connection with alleged the excise policy scam.
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According to reports, the Central probe agency has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader to appear before it at its headquarters at 11 am on Monday.
“CBI raid was conducted at my house for 14 hours, nothing came out. Searched my bank locker, nothing came out in it. They did not find anything in my village. Now they have called me to CBI Headquarters at 11 am tomorrow. I will go and give my full cooperation. Satyameva Jayate,” Sisodia twitted on Sunday.
The CBI has questioned a number of people, including Sameer Mahendru, the owner of Indo Spirits, Amit Arora, the director of Buddy Retail Private Limited in Gurugram, and India Ahead News managing director Mootha Gautam, in connection with the case, the officials said.
The agency has also arrested Vijay Nair, an AAP worker and the former CEO of Only Much Louder, an entertainment and event management company, and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally, they said.
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The CBI had registered an FIR in a special court here in August against Sisodia and 14 others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 477A (falsification of records), and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which deals with taking undue advantage to influence a public servant by corrupt or illegal means or by the exercise of personal influence.
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had recommended a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy, which was brought out in November last year, the officials said.