The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued a look out circular (loc) on Sunday against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 12 others in connection with suspected corruption in the execution of Delhi's excise policy.
This implies that Sisodia and the other defendants in the case are not permitted to leave the country. Furthermore, individuals may be imprisoned by officials if they allegedly break the stated requirements.
Taking a dig at the central government, Sisodia on his official Twitter handle write: "All your raids failed and you found nothing… now you have issued a lookout circular that Manish Sisodia can't be found."
“What is this gimmick Modi ji…I am roaming freely in Delhi. Can't you find me? Please tell me where to come?” he added.
Slamming PM Modi, Sisodia further stated: "It's unfortunate that PM keeps thinking against whom should a CBI 'Look Out Circular' be issued today. Today, the country is looking for a leader who can give solutions to inflation, unemployment. The public will give a 'look out notice' to them in 2024."
"At a time when common man is battling with inflation, crores of youth are unemployed, the central government along with all the state governments should fight unemployment and inflation. Instead they are fighting with the whole country. Every morning they wake up and start the game of CBI ED. How will such a country progress?" Kejriwal tweeted.
During the CBI investigation, Sisodia and other AAP leaders have claimed that the central investigative agency's move indicates the Centre's plot to attack Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The political stalemate between the BJP and the AAP over the Delhi liquor policy has widened.
While the BJP accuses the AAP of corruption, Arvind Kerjiwal's party has stated again again that the central agencies are being abused under BJP control.
On Sunday, the deputy chief minister of Delhi shared an old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussing CBI abuse. The footage of Modi's words goes back to when he was Gujarat's chief minister.
"If they (the central government) had not got the policy changed - 48 hours before its implementation - it would have got the state an annual revenue of ₹10,000 crore," he said.