Manish Sisodia Appears Before ACB In Classroom Construction Scam, Slams BJP For 'Fake FIRs'
He defended the quality of Delhi's schools under his leadership and highlighted a defamation suit against BJP MP Manoj Tiwari. AAP echoed these sentiments, alleging BJP's failure to govern.
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia appeared before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over classroom construction scam. He also slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party of 'misusing' agencies to file false cases against the opposition.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader said that excellent work has been done in the national capital in education and brilliant classrooms and schools were built during his tenure.
Sisodia alleged that the cases booked against him are politically motivated adding that he will maintain his stance against the ACB.
Sisodia Targets Manoj Tiwari
The ex-deputy CM targeted BJP MP Manoj Tiwari asserting that he had made allegations against him related to the same case. However, Sisodia later filed a defamation suit against Tiwari, after which he is currently out of jail on bail.
"See, excellent schools have been built in Delhi and excellent education is imparted but BJP, motivated by politics, misuses its agencies and files FIRs. This is completely a politically motivated case and I will put my views before the ACB. BJP misused all the agencies and dug up the lives of each and every leader but they did not find anything," he told reporters on Friday.
"They only file fake FIRs, the same will happen in this case as well. I want to say one thing Manoj Tiwari had made these allegations against me but when I filed a defamation suit against him, he was out on bail. In this, Manoj Tiwari is also running away from the allegations, I wonder why BJP is doing this", Sisodia added.
AAP Slams BJP
The Aam Aadmi Party slammed the ruling BJP in the national capital over summons to Sisodia. Delhi Assembly Leader of Opposition, Atishi said that despite BJP filing multiple cases agaisnt AAP leaders, it has found nothing.
"In the past 10 years, the BJP government and its various agencies have filed over 200 cases against AAP members — but despite all the raids and investigations, they haven’t found even 1 rupee of corrupt money from any AAP leader," said the former Delhi CM.
"The real reason behind this classroom probe is that the BJP is unable to govern. Whether it’s waterlogging, electricity, or rising school fees — on every front, the BJP has failed," she added.
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