Manish Sisodia After CBI Questioning Alleges He Was Pressured To Quit AAP - NDTV

New Delhi:

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has claimed that helium was pressured to discontinue the Aam Aadmi Party and articulation the BJP contiguous astatine the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation, wherever helium was expected to beryllium questioned astir Delhi government's liquor policy. He said the officials had adjacent suggested that successful lawsuit of a switch, helium would beryllium offered the Chief Minister's post. The CBI has denied the allegations.

"CBI powerfully refutes these allegations and reiterates that introspection of Shri Sisodia was carried retired successful a nonrecreational and ineligible mode strictly arsenic per the allegations against him successful the FIR. The probe of the lawsuit volition proceed arsenic per law," the bureau said successful a statement.

"There was speech astir excise argumentation but I was pressured to springiness in. 'These cases volition spell connected similar this. They volition marque you CM,' they said," Mr Sisodia told reporters extracurricular his residence.

"I told them that I find joyousness erstwhile a rickshaw puller's lad joins the IIT," helium said. "Today I understood that the CBI is not investigating immoderate scam... the lawsuit against maine is conscionable meant to marque Operation Lotus a success," helium said.

The officials had adjacent cited the lawsuit against Delhi curate Satyender Jain to person him, Mr Sisodia said. Mr Jain, accused successful a wealth laundering case, has been successful jailhouse since his apprehension successful May.

In immoderate alleviation to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, which has been bracing for his arrest, the bureau has not summoned the Deputy Chief Minister for a 2nd session.

Mr Sisodia's location was taxable to aggregate searches by the bureau successful August aft it got a go-ahead for probe from Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.

The Deputy Chief Minister is the premier accused successful the case, which involves alleged kickbacks to governmental leaders by backstage players successful speech for liquor store licenses.

AAP has declared that Mr Sisodia volition present beryllium arrested successful what they termed "political vendetta" of the BJP. The party, AAP alleged, is "scared" astir the result of the assembly predetermination successful Gujarat and wants to halt Mr Sisodia from campaigning successful the state.

Party main and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has claimed that the BJP plans to support Mr Sisodia successful jailhouse till aft the Gujarat elections. But nary jailhouse tin support his lawman in, helium added. "Prison locks volition break, Manish Sisodia volition beryllium free," helium tweeted successful Hindi.

Earlier today, respective AAP leaders, including MP Sanjay Singh, were detained aft they held a monolithic protestation against the questioning of Manish Sisodia. Around 100 leaders and workers were detained from extracurricular the CBI office.