Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, whose house was raided on Friday, 19 August, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22, claimed that the agency had been directed from the central government’s highest level to conduct the raids.
“CBI has orders from above to raid us; want to thank them for not causing any inconvenience to my family,” Sisodia said, claiming that the state’s excise policy was implemented with “complete transparency.”
He also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was not interested in the policy, and that their main concern was the growing popularity of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is “loved by masses and has emerged as a national option (against Prime Minister Narendra Modi).”
“They want to stop Arvind Kejriwal whose work on education and health is being talked about in the world,” the Delhi deputy CM said.
He also claimed that he would be arrested by the CBI in the next 2-3 days. “Satyendar Jain is already in jail, I will also be arrested in 2-3 days; (there is a) conspiracy to stop work in education and health sector,” Sisodia claimed.
Sisodia had said earlier that the CBI had seized his computer and mobile phone after several hours of search and also took away some files.
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