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  • Delhi excise coverage case: BRS chief Kavitha questioned by ED for 9 hrs, summoned once more

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Ok Kavitha deposed earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 9 hours on Saturday in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao left the federal company’s headquarters round 8 pm after 9 hours of questioning and recording of her assertion beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they mentioned.

    The officers mentioned the BRS chief has been summoned once more on March 16 in reference to the case.

    Kavitha had the headquarters of the Directorate on Saturday round 11.15 am to reply questions concerning her alleged position within the manipulation of  Liquor coverage to learn liquor merchants, together with her and the laundering of kickbacks generated following the tweaks within the coverage.

    There was a heavy presence of Delhi Police and central paramilitary forces personnel for barricading the ED workplace even because the supporters of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief staged a protest.

    #WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC and Telangana CM’s daughter Ok Kavitha arrives at her residence after she was questioned by the ED officers associated to Delhi liquor coverage case. pic.twitter.com/8KQJ2l4ZOY

    — ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023

    The BRS chief had skipped the March 9 summon, when the ED had known as her for questioning, citing her commitments to a political rally at Jantar Mantar looking for the introduction and passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, by the ruling BJP-led authorities on the centre.

    The questioning of Kavitha coincides with the arrest of Delhi ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun R Pillar – at present in ED custody, who in accordance with the company are deeply concerned in tweaking the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 via a deliberate conspiracy to learn liquor merchants of the South Group of which Kavitha was half and siphoning the kickbacks out of the system.

    BRS MLC and Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, Ok Kavitha leaves for the ED workplace. (Photo | Shekar Yadav, EPS)

    The coverage which was allegedly tweaked and carried out by Sisodia because the Delhi excise minister led to large earnings for a liquor group known as South Group and resulted in income losses to the tune of round 2973 crores to the Delhi Government. The Excise coverage allegedly violated all provisions which have been supplied to safeguard the curiosity of the Delhi authorities and supply a good alternative to licensees and stakeholders the ED alleged.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha has no ethical proper to demand Women’s Bill: BJP

    Seeking the ex-Deputy CM’s remand, the ED on Friday mentioned Sisodia conspired with others to border a defective excise coverage with a purpose to generate kickbacks and proceeds of crime to the tune of greater than Rs 290 crore. The ED claimed that to tweak the coverage to permit windfall positive aspects to liquor merchants – violating a number of provisions of the Excise Policy to safeguard the Delhi exchequer’s curiosity – the AAM celebration via its media supervisor Vijay Nair had acquired Rs 100 crore “kickbacks” as advance from the ‘South Group’. A particular courtroom remanded Sisodia to ED custody until March 17.

    About Pillai, the ED alleged that the Hyderabad-based businessman who was the consultant of the South Group was allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 on the formulation stage – by collaborating with Vijay Nair – and was one of many beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered subsequently.  He is at present being interrogated in ED custody because the company secured his remand until March 13.

    According to the ED, Pillai was the 32.5 per cent proprietor of a entrance by which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was the consultant of the ‘South Group’ of liquor merchants and was a direct beneficiary of the kickback cash and was additionally concerned in laundering it.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha’s present of energy forward of ED questioning

    The liquor merchants of the South Group embrace outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, acquired the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores as a consequence of which the company has already hooked up a number of movable and immovable properties of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different locations price Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to recuperate the federal government cash which was allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

    (with inputs from PTI)

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Ok Kavitha deposed earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 9 hours on Saturday in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao left the federal company’s headquarters round 8 pm after 9 hours of questioning and recording of her assertion beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they mentioned.

    The officers mentioned the BRS chief has been summoned once more on March 16 in reference to the case.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Kavitha had the headquarters of the Directorate on Saturday round 11.15 am to reply questions concerning her alleged position within the manipulation of  Liquor coverage to learn liquor merchants, together with her and the laundering of kickbacks generated following the tweaks within the coverage.

    There was a heavy presence of Delhi Police and central paramilitary forces personnel for barricading the ED workplace even because the supporters of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief staged a protest.

    #WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC and Telangana CM’s daughter Ok Kavitha arrives at her residence after she was questioned by the ED officers associated to Delhi liquor coverage case. pic.twitter.com/8KQJ2l4ZOY
    — ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
    The BRS chief had skipped the March 9 summon, when the ED had known as her for questioning, citing her commitments to a political rally at Jantar Mantar looking for the introduction and passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, by the ruling BJP-led authorities on the centre.

    The questioning of Kavitha coincides with the arrest of Delhi ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun R Pillar – at present in ED custody, who in accordance with the company are deeply concerned in tweaking the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 via a deliberate conspiracy to learn liquor merchants of the South Group of which Kavitha was half and siphoning the kickbacks out of the system.

    BRS MLC and Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, Ok Kavitha leaves for the ED workplace. (Photo | Shekar Yadav, EPS)

    The coverage which was allegedly tweaked and carried out by Sisodia because the Delhi excise minister led to large earnings for a liquor group known as South Group and resulted in income losses to the tune of round 2973 crores to the Delhi Government. The Excise coverage allegedly violated all provisions which have been supplied to safeguard the curiosity of the Delhi authorities and supply a good alternative to licensees and stakeholders the ED alleged.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha has no ethical proper to demand Women’s Bill: BJP

    Seeking the ex-Deputy CM’s remand, the ED on Friday mentioned Sisodia conspired with others to border a defective excise coverage with a purpose to generate kickbacks and proceeds of crime to the tune of greater than Rs 290 crore. The ED claimed that to tweak the coverage to permit windfall positive aspects to liquor merchants – violating a number of provisions of the Excise Policy to safeguard the Delhi exchequer’s curiosity – the AAM celebration via its media supervisor Vijay Nair had acquired Rs 100 crore “kickbacks” as advance from the ‘South Group’. A particular courtroom remanded Sisodia to ED custody until March 17.

    About Pillai, the ED alleged that the Hyderabad-based businessman who was the consultant of the South Group was allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 on the formulation stage – by collaborating with Vijay Nair – and was one of many beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered subsequently.  He is at present being interrogated in ED custody because the company secured his remand until March 13.

    According to the ED, Pillai was the 32.5 per cent proprietor of a entrance by which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was the consultant of the ‘South Group’ of liquor merchants and was a direct beneficiary of the kickback cash and was additionally concerned in laundering it.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha’s present of energy forward of ED questioning

    The liquor merchants of the South Group embrace outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, acquired the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores as a consequence of which the company has already hooked up a number of movable and immovable properties of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different locations price Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to recuperate the federal government cash which was allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

    (with inputs from PTI)

  • Delhi excise coverage: ED arrests Punjab businessman on cash laundering prices

    By PTI

    The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Punjab-based businessman Gautam Malhotra within the cash laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    Malhotra, linked to the Oasis group of Punjab, has been taken into custody underneath the felony sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    He shall be produced earlier than a Delhi court docket the place the ED will search his custody.

    Malhotra is linked to liquor enterprise in Punjab and another different areas, officers mentioned.

    The excise coverage 2021-22 was scrapped in August final 12 months and the Delhi LG later requested the CBI to probe the alleged irregularities.

    The ED’s cash laundering stems from the CBI FIR.

    Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and different excise officers of the federal government had been named as accused within the CBI and the ED complaints.

    The ED, until now, has filed two cost sheets or prosecution complaints on this case and has arrested a complete of seven folks, together with Malhotra.

    The CBI arrested a Hyderabad-based chartered accountant (CA), understood to be the auditor of BRS MLC Okay Kavitha, in reference to the Delhi excise coverage case, officers mentioned.

    The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Punjab-based businessman Gautam Malhotra within the cash laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    Malhotra, linked to the Oasis group of Punjab, has been taken into custody underneath the felony sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    He shall be produced earlier than a Delhi court docket the place the ED will search his custody.

    Malhotra is linked to liquor enterprise in Punjab and another different areas, officers mentioned.

    The excise coverage 2021-22 was scrapped in August final 12 months and the Delhi LG later requested the CBI to probe the alleged irregularities.

    The ED’s cash laundering stems from the CBI FIR.

    Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and different excise officers of the federal government had been named as accused within the CBI and the ED complaints.

    The ED, until now, has filed two cost sheets or prosecution complaints on this case and has arrested a complete of seven folks, together with Malhotra.

    The CBI arrested a Hyderabad-based chartered accountant (CA), understood to be the auditor of BRS MLC Okay Kavitha, in reference to the Delhi excise coverage case, officers mentioned.

  • Sisodia must ‘face the music’ in Excise coverage ‘rip-off’ case, says BJP

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday claimed that the AAP used the Delhi Excise coverage to “receive kickbacks” and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who was “instrumental” in framing it should “face the music and the law”.

    Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy have been weaving tales by means of press conferences to unfold a “lie” that there was no “scam” within the implementation of the excise coverage and that Sisodia was harmless, alleged BJP nationwide spokesperson Sambit Patra.

    An rapid response was not out there from the AAP on the difficulty.

    “The probe against Sisodia is underway and the allegations against him are very serious,” Patra mentioned at a press convention citing the remand observe of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) offered in a court docket lately towards a liquor “scam” accused Amit Arora.

    A case towards Sisodia and several other different individuals was registered by the CBI in August this 12 months over the alleged irregularities within the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22.

    The coverage carried out in November 2021 was scrapped by the Kejriwal authorities after the CBI probe into it was really helpful by Delhi LG VK Saxena.

    A examine of the excise coverage leaves nobody doubtful that Sisodia must “face the music and the law”, Patra claimed.

    Citing the remand observe, Patra mentioned Sisodia together with high Excise officers who’re suspended now, had been “instrumental” in framing the Excise coverage with out required approvals to offer “undue benefits” to liquor licensees.

    “The excise policy was a device used by the AAP to receive kickbacks,” he alleged.

    The AAP dispensation had earlier assailed the BJP and its authorities on the Centre for attempting to border Sisodia and ship him behind bars to stop the great works of the Delhi authorities.

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday claimed that the AAP used the Delhi Excise coverage to “receive kickbacks” and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who was “instrumental” in framing it should “face the music and the law”.

    Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy have been weaving tales by means of press conferences to unfold a “lie” that there was no “scam” within the implementation of the excise coverage and that Sisodia was harmless, alleged BJP nationwide spokesperson Sambit Patra.

    An rapid response was not out there from the AAP on the difficulty.

    “The probe against Sisodia is underway and the allegations against him are very serious,” Patra mentioned at a press convention citing the remand observe of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) offered in a court docket lately towards a liquor “scam” accused Amit Arora.

    A case towards Sisodia and several other different individuals was registered by the CBI in August this 12 months over the alleged irregularities within the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22.

    The coverage carried out in November 2021 was scrapped by the Kejriwal authorities after the CBI probe into it was really helpful by Delhi LG VK Saxena.

    A examine of the excise coverage leaves nobody doubtful that Sisodia must “face the music and the law”, Patra claimed.

    Citing the remand observe, Patra mentioned Sisodia together with high Excise officers who’re suspended now, had been “instrumental” in framing the Excise coverage with out required approvals to offer “undue benefits” to liquor licensees.

    “The excise policy was a device used by the AAP to receive kickbacks,” he alleged.

    The AAP dispensation had earlier assailed the BJP and its authorities on the Centre for attempting to border Sisodia and ship him behind bars to stop the great works of the Delhi authorities.

  • CBI refutes allegation made by Delhi Dy CM Sisodia that he was threatened to depart AAP 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The CBI on Monday refuted the allegation levelled by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia that in his questioning within the Delhi excise rip-off case, he was threatened to give up the AAP.

    In a press release, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) mentioned that Sisodia was examined strictly on the allegations within the FIR and the proof collected to date through the course of the investigation.

    “His statement will be verified in due course and further action taken as per requirements of the investigation,” the company mentioned.

    The CBI mentioned some sections of the media have aired a video wherein, after leaving the CBI workplace, Sisodia said on digital camera that in his questioning, he was threatened to depart his political occasion and related such insinuations.

    “The CBI strongly refutes these allegations and reiterates that the examination of Sisodia was carried out in a professional and legal manner strictly as per the allegations against him in the FIR. The investigation of the case will continue as per the law,” it mentioned.

    Sisodia was questioned on Monday for over 9 hours on the CBI headquarters in reference to Delhi Excise coverage rip-off case.

    After his questioning, Sisodia alleged that he was pressured to give up the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

    CBI points a press release after quizzing Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia for 9 hrs in excise coverage case; “CBI strongly refutes these allegations (of Delhi Dy CM Sisodia) & reiterates that his examination was carried out in a professional & legal manner. Probe to continue as per law.” https://t.co/7Ex2N0lpWh

    — ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2022

    “Pressure was put on me to quit AAP. I was offered Delhi CM’s post or face jail term,” he mentioned. He has mentioned based on BJP there’s a Rs 10,000 crore excise rip-off.

    “I found at the CBI office that there is no scam and the case is fake. The fake case against me is a conspiracy to make BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ success in Delhi,” Sisodia informed reporters.

    NEW DELHI: The CBI on Monday refuted the allegation levelled by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia that in his questioning within the Delhi excise rip-off case, he was threatened to give up the AAP.

    In a press release, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) mentioned that Sisodia was examined strictly on the allegations within the FIR and the proof collected to date through the course of the investigation.

    “His statement will be verified in due course and further action taken as per requirements of the investigation,” the company mentioned.

    The CBI mentioned some sections of the media have aired a video wherein, after leaving the CBI workplace, Sisodia said on digital camera that in his questioning, he was threatened to depart his political occasion and related such insinuations.

    “The CBI strongly refutes these allegations and reiterates that the examination of Sisodia was carried out in a professional and legal manner strictly as per the allegations against him in the FIR. The investigation of the case will continue as per the law,” it mentioned.

    Sisodia was questioned on Monday for over 9 hours on the CBI headquarters in reference to Delhi Excise coverage rip-off case.

    After his questioning, Sisodia alleged that he was pressured to give up the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

    CBI points a press release after quizzing Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia for 9 hrs in excise coverage case; “CBI strongly refutes these allegations (of Delhi Dy CM Sisodia) & reiterates that his examination was carried out in a professional & legal manner. Probe to continue as per law.” https://t.co/7Ex2N0lpWh
    — ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2022
    “Pressure was put on me to quit AAP. I was offered Delhi CM’s post or face jail term,” he mentioned. He has mentioned based on BJP there’s a Rs 10,000 crore excise rip-off.

    “I found at the CBI office that there is no scam and the case is fake. The fake case against me is a conspiracy to make BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ success in Delhi,” Sisodia informed reporters.

  • ED arrests liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in Delhi excise coverage PMLA case 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The ED on Wednesday morning arrested liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in reference to its cash laundering investigation into alleged irregularities within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage, official sources stated.

    Mahendru is the managing director of an organization known as Indospirits. Sources stated he was taken into custody underneath the prison sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was put by way of a night-long questioning session.

    He is anticipated to be produced earlier than an area court docket the place the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will search his additional remand.

    The ED motion comes a day after the CBI arrested businessman Vijay Nair on this case through which Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia can also be an accused.

    ALSO READ | Delhi Excise Policy case: CBI arrests businessman Vijay Nair 

    The ED cash laundering case is predicated on a CBI FIR and each the federal companies have undertaken a number of search operations on this case until now.

    The CBI FIR has alleged that Arjun Pandey, an alleged affiliate of Sisodia, had as soon as collected about Rs 2-4 crore in money from Mahendru on behalf of Nair, former CEO of Only Much Louder, an leisure and occasion administration firm.

    NEW DELHI: The ED on Wednesday morning arrested liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in reference to its cash laundering investigation into alleged irregularities within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage, official sources stated.

    Mahendru is the managing director of an organization known as Indospirits. Sources stated he was taken into custody underneath the prison sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was put by way of a night-long questioning session.

    He is anticipated to be produced earlier than an area court docket the place the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will search his additional remand.

    The ED motion comes a day after the CBI arrested businessman Vijay Nair on this case through which Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia can also be an accused.

    ALSO READ | Delhi Excise Policy case: CBI arrests businessman Vijay Nair 

    The ED cash laundering case is predicated on a CBI FIR and each the federal companies have undertaken a number of search operations on this case until now.

    The CBI FIR has alleged that Arjun Pandey, an alleged affiliate of Sisodia, had as soon as collected about Rs 2-4 crore in money from Mahendru on behalf of Nair, former CEO of Only Much Louder, an leisure and occasion administration firm.

  • Pan-India raids: ED searches 40 areas as a part of Delhi liquor coverage case

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The ED on Friday launched recent raids at about 40 areas throughout the nation as a part of a cash laundering investigation into alleged irregularities within the now scrapped Delhi Excise Policy, official sources stated.

    The searches are being carried out at premises linked to liquor businessmen, distributors and provide chain networks in Nellore and another cities in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Delhi-NCR, they stated.

    This is the second spherical of raids being carried out by the federal company on this case after it first carried out searches on September 6 at about 45 areas throughout the nation.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) case of cash laundering within the excise coverage stems from a CBI FIR wherein Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and a few bureaucrats have been named as accused.

    The excise coverage has been rolled again now.

    The CBI carried out raids within the case on August 19, protecting the Delhi residences of Sisodia (50), IAS officer and former Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna, and 19 different areas throughout seven states and Union Territories.

    Sisodia holds a number of portfolios within the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi authorities together with excise and schooling.

    The ED is probing if alleged irregularities have been achieved within the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy introduced out in November final 12 months and if some alleged “proceeds of crime” by way of tainted cash was generated by the accused.

    The company additionally is anticipated to query AAP chief and minister Satyendar Jain within the Tihar jail in reference to this case on Friday after it obtained permission from an area courtroom to take action.

    NEW DELHI: The ED on Friday launched recent raids at about 40 areas throughout the nation as a part of a cash laundering investigation into alleged irregularities within the now scrapped Delhi Excise Policy, official sources stated.

    The searches are being carried out at premises linked to liquor businessmen, distributors and provide chain networks in Nellore and another cities in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Delhi-NCR, they stated.

    This is the second spherical of raids being carried out by the federal company on this case after it first carried out searches on September 6 at about 45 areas throughout the nation.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) case of cash laundering within the excise coverage stems from a CBI FIR wherein Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and a few bureaucrats have been named as accused.

    The excise coverage has been rolled again now.

    The CBI carried out raids within the case on August 19, protecting the Delhi residences of Sisodia (50), IAS officer and former Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna, and 19 different areas throughout seven states and Union Territories.

    Sisodia holds a number of portfolios within the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi authorities together with excise and schooling.

    The ED is probing if alleged irregularities have been achieved within the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy introduced out in November final 12 months and if some alleged “proceeds of crime” by way of tainted cash was generated by the accused.

    The company additionally is anticipated to query AAP chief and minister Satyendar Jain within the Tihar jail in reference to this case on Friday after it obtained permission from an area courtroom to take action.

  • Sisodia alleges BJP needs all Delhi govt faculties to be shut down for personal gamers

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed the BJP has began “weaving a new fabricated story” of corruption within the development of Delhi authorities faculties to focus on him after the CBI couldn’t discover something in opposition to him within the excise coverage case.

    Addressing a press convention, he additionally claimed the BJP was mentioning such a ‘faux story of corruption’ below ‘a conspiracy’ to shut down all authorities faculties and pave the best way for the opening of personal faculties within the nationwide capital.

    Sisodia referred to as the BJP a “party of illiterates” and alleged not less than 72,000 authorities faculties within the states dominated by the saffron social gathering have been closed prior to now seven years to make approach for the opening of personal faculties.

    ALSO READ | My garments and even child’s garments raided by CBI throughout 14-hour however discovered nothing: Sisodia

    Sisodia’s claims got here a day after Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena sought a report from the chief secretary over a delay of greater than two-and-half years in appearing on a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report on an inquiry into the development of further lecture rooms in authorities faculties.

    The report, which discovered gross irregularities and procedural lapses in execution of the tasks, was despatched by the CVC to the vigilance secretary in February 2020, searching for feedback for additional investigation and motion.

    “Leaving aside the issue of liquor, they have now started raising a new fabricated story of scam in construction of Delhi government school buildings since yesterday,” Sisodia advised the press convention, with out referring to the LG’s directive to the chief secretary.

    Sisodia termed all of the allegations of corruption in opposition to him as ‘lies’ and alleged it was the BJP’s ploy to shut down all the federal government faculties within the metropolis to pave the best way for the opening of personal faculties.

    “They are doing this under a conspiracy as the Delhi government schools have been providing quality education to its students with a world-class standard of pedagogy, state-of-the-art buildings and other infrastructure,” he claimed.

    “The Kejriwal dispensation is being ‘appreciated’ all over the world for transforming the Delhi government schools,” he mentioned.

    “They are worried that people will start raising questions on their model of education which promotes opening of private schools if they understand that it is possible to improve the performance of government schools and make them better than the private schools. They want to ruin the country,” Sisodia added.

    The Deputy Chief Minister mentioned the BJP can get the CBI conduct one other raid at his residence if it needs to take action however the Aam Aadmi Party won’t let the saffron social gathering “shut a single school in Delhi”.

    ALSO READ | We have recording of BJP’s provide to Sisodia, will launch it when time comes: AAP sources 

    “I am not scared of raids and cases,” he mentioned.

    Citing authorities knowledge, Sisodia mentioned that not less than 72,000 authorities faculties have been closed within the BJP-ruled states within the final seven years to make approach for 12,000 non-public faculties, whereas the Kejriwal authorities constructed 700 new faculty buildings within the nationwide capital since 2015.

    “BJP worked on a mission mode to shut government schools. As many as 51,000 schools were shut between September 2018-September 2019 itself,” he claimed.

    He mentioned the Delhi authorities has spent cash on offering faculties with state-of-the-art buildings and different infrastructure.

    “Cost will increase when you spend money on building amazing schools with good tiles, good desks and washrooms. It is the government’s responsibility to provide good schools to children,” he mentioned.

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed the BJP has began “weaving a new fabricated story” of corruption within the development of Delhi authorities faculties to focus on him after the CBI couldn’t discover something in opposition to him within the excise coverage case.

    Addressing a press convention, he additionally claimed the BJP was mentioning such a ‘faux story of corruption’ below ‘a conspiracy’ to shut down all authorities faculties and pave the best way for the opening of personal faculties within the nationwide capital.

    Sisodia referred to as the BJP a “party of illiterates” and alleged not less than 72,000 authorities faculties within the states dominated by the saffron social gathering have been closed prior to now seven years to make approach for the opening of personal faculties.

    ALSO READ | My garments and even child’s garments raided by CBI throughout 14-hour however discovered nothing: Sisodia

    Sisodia’s claims got here a day after Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena sought a report from the chief secretary over a delay of greater than two-and-half years in appearing on a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report on an inquiry into the development of further lecture rooms in authorities faculties.

    The report, which discovered gross irregularities and procedural lapses in execution of the tasks, was despatched by the CVC to the vigilance secretary in February 2020, searching for feedback for additional investigation and motion.

    “Leaving aside the issue of liquor, they have now started raising a new fabricated story of scam in construction of Delhi government school buildings since yesterday,” Sisodia advised the press convention, with out referring to the LG’s directive to the chief secretary.

    Sisodia termed all of the allegations of corruption in opposition to him as ‘lies’ and alleged it was the BJP’s ploy to shut down all the federal government faculties within the metropolis to pave the best way for the opening of personal faculties.

    “They are doing this under a conspiracy as the Delhi government schools have been providing quality education to its students with a world-class standard of pedagogy, state-of-the-art buildings and other infrastructure,” he claimed.

    “The Kejriwal dispensation is being ‘appreciated’ all over the world for transforming the Delhi government schools,” he mentioned.

    “They are worried that people will start raising questions on their model of education which promotes opening of private schools if they understand that it is possible to improve the performance of government schools and make them better than the private schools. They want to ruin the country,” Sisodia added.

    The Deputy Chief Minister mentioned the BJP can get the CBI conduct one other raid at his residence if it needs to take action however the Aam Aadmi Party won’t let the saffron social gathering “shut a single school in Delhi”.

    ALSO READ | We have recording of BJP’s provide to Sisodia, will launch it when time comes: AAP sources 

    “I am not scared of raids and cases,” he mentioned.

    Citing authorities knowledge, Sisodia mentioned that not less than 72,000 authorities faculties have been closed within the BJP-ruled states within the final seven years to make approach for 12,000 non-public faculties, whereas the Kejriwal authorities constructed 700 new faculty buildings within the nationwide capital since 2015.

    “BJP worked on a mission mode to shut government schools. As many as 51,000 schools were shut between September 2018-September 2019 itself,” he claimed.

    He mentioned the Delhi authorities has spent cash on offering faculties with state-of-the-art buildings and different infrastructure.

    “Cost will increase when you spend money on building amazing schools with good tiles, good desks and washrooms. It is the government’s responsibility to provide good schools to children,” he mentioned.

  • BJP ‘purifies’ Rajghat with Ganga jal after AAP MLAs’ go to; compares Kejriwal to Goebbels 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday sprinkled ‘Ganga jal’ on Rajghat after AAP legislators had visited the memorial, and its MP Manoj Tiwari took the purpose additional by evaluating Arvind Kejriwal to Joseph Goebbels and accusing him of mendacity repeatedly.

    The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) additionally hit out on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying its numerous allegations have been like a “movie script” meant to mislead the general public on the “scam” in Delhi’s now-scrapped excise coverage 2021-22.

    The BJP alleged that by visiting Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat, AAP supremo Kejriwal has desecrated the place and the BJP staff sprinkled ‘Ganga jal’ there to “purify” it.

    Reacting to the AAP’s claims that the BJP was attempting to poach its MLAs with a proposal of Rs 20 crore every to change sides, Tiwari stated that on a regular basis the AAP was developing with previous “movie scripts” to divert the general public from the true situation.

    “This is a total flop show of the AAP. Kejriwal ji you have to speak on the excise policy but your silence on this issue says a lot. You always come up with the same old, worn-out movie script to divert public attention. Arvind, you have become a descendant of Goebbels, who used to think that if you keep telling the public a lie, they will start believing it as a truth,” Tiwari stated.

    Goebbels was the propaganda minister in Adolf Hitler’s Nazi authorities. Tiwari stated these indulged within the “liquor scam” visited the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.

    “Are these descendants of Goebbels even worthy of visiting the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi?” Tiwari requested.

    He stated that the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage was opposed by everybody together with girls and youngsters within the metropolis.

    “Public is demanding answers about the controversy surrounding the excise policy. You (Kejriwal) are busy in diverting the issue after gobbling up the public money. You should answer that why your excise policy was taken back as soon as the CBI enquiry was ordered?” Tiwari requested.

    BJP MP from west Delhi Parvesh Sahib Singh additionally hit out on the AAP and stated the occasion was doing “theatrics” as a substitute of coming clear on allegations of “scam” within the excise coverage.

    “Arvind Kejriwal, who is hand-in-glove with the liquor mafia, desecrated the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, who used to speak against liquor. Our party workers will sprinkle Ganga water to purify the place,” Singh stated.

    He stated that these concerned within the “scam” are certain to go behind bars for the corruption they’ve dedicated as a result of the investigation companies have all of the incriminating proof in opposition to them.

    The CBI is presently probing alleged irregularities within the framing and implementation of the Kejriwal authorities’s new excise coverage and has named his deputy Manish Sisodia, who holds excise portfolio, as one of many accused in its FIR.

    The company had additionally performed a raid on the Deputy CM’s residence final week.

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday sprinkled ‘Ganga jal’ on Rajghat after AAP legislators had visited the memorial, and its MP Manoj Tiwari took the purpose additional by evaluating Arvind Kejriwal to Joseph Goebbels and accusing him of mendacity repeatedly.

    The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) additionally hit out on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying its numerous allegations have been like a “movie script” meant to mislead the general public on the “scam” in Delhi’s now-scrapped excise coverage 2021-22.

    The BJP alleged that by visiting Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat, AAP supremo Kejriwal has desecrated the place and the BJP staff sprinkled ‘Ganga jal’ there to “purify” it.

    Reacting to the AAP’s claims that the BJP was attempting to poach its MLAs with a proposal of Rs 20 crore every to change sides, Tiwari stated that on a regular basis the AAP was developing with previous “movie scripts” to divert the general public from the true situation.

    “This is a total flop show of the AAP. Kejriwal ji you have to speak on the excise policy but your silence on this issue says a lot. You always come up with the same old, worn-out movie script to divert public attention. Arvind, you have become a descendant of Goebbels, who used to think that if you keep telling the public a lie, they will start believing it as a truth,” Tiwari stated.

    Goebbels was the propaganda minister in Adolf Hitler’s Nazi authorities. Tiwari stated these indulged within the “liquor scam” visited the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.

    “Are these descendants of Goebbels even worthy of visiting the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi?” Tiwari requested.

    He stated that the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage was opposed by everybody together with girls and youngsters within the metropolis.

    “Public is demanding answers about the controversy surrounding the excise policy. You (Kejriwal) are busy in diverting the issue after gobbling up the public money. You should answer that why your excise policy was taken back as soon as the CBI enquiry was ordered?” Tiwari requested.

    BJP MP from west Delhi Parvesh Sahib Singh additionally hit out on the AAP and stated the occasion was doing “theatrics” as a substitute of coming clear on allegations of “scam” within the excise coverage.

    “Arvind Kejriwal, who is hand-in-glove with the liquor mafia, desecrated the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, who used to speak against liquor. Our party workers will sprinkle Ganga water to purify the place,” Singh stated.

    He stated that these concerned within the “scam” are certain to go behind bars for the corruption they’ve dedicated as a result of the investigation companies have all of the incriminating proof in opposition to them.

    The CBI is presently probing alleged irregularities within the framing and implementation of the Kejriwal authorities’s new excise coverage and has named his deputy Manish Sisodia, who holds excise portfolio, as one of many accused in its FIR.

    The company had additionally performed a raid on the Deputy CM’s residence final week.

  • BJP phases protests throughout Delhi over excise coverage ‘rip-off’

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi unit of the BJP on Thursday held protests throughout the town over the alleged liquor rip-off by the Arvind Kejriwal authorities, burning effigies of AAP leaders and charging them with attempting to divert individuals’s consideration from the difficulty.

    Participating in a protest at R Ok Ashram, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta requested what was Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ready for earlier than sacking Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, an accused within the liquor rip-off, and minister Satyendar Jain who was in jail in a cash laundering case.

    “Kejriwal had once said that those who indulge in corruption are traitors of the country but now he has no answers for the corruption in his government’s excise policy,” Gupta stated.

    “The BJP is asking why liquor manufacturers were allowed in retail trade, black-listed companies were given licences and fees worth crores of rupees were waived,” he stated.

    Union minister Meenakashi Lekhi at a protest in C R Park attacked the Kejriwal authorities, saying it was busy minting cash as a substitute of serving to the individuals of Delhi.

    East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir took a dig at Kejriwal over his cost that the BJP was attempting to poach AAP MLAs.

    “Kejriwal ji whether you were also offered the post of Prime Minister in 2024 by the BJP,” Gambhir stated in a tweet.

    केजरीवाल जी, कहीं 2024 के लिए प्रधानमंत्री पद का भी ऑफर तो नहीं दे दिया आपको भाजपा ने?

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi unit of the BJP on Thursday held protests throughout the town over the alleged liquor rip-off by the Arvind Kejriwal authorities, burning effigies of AAP leaders and charging them with attempting to divert individuals’s consideration from the difficulty.

    Participating in a protest at R Ok Ashram, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta requested what was Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ready for earlier than sacking Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, an accused within the liquor rip-off, and minister Satyendar Jain who was in jail in a cash laundering case.

    “Kejriwal had once said that those who indulge in corruption are traitors of the country but now he has no answers for the corruption in his government’s excise policy,” Gupta stated.

    “The BJP is asking why liquor manufacturers were allowed in retail trade, black-listed companies were given licences and fees worth crores of rupees were waived,” he stated.

    Union minister Meenakashi Lekhi at a protest in C R Park attacked the Kejriwal authorities, saying it was busy minting cash as a substitute of serving to the individuals of Delhi.

    East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir took a dig at Kejriwal over his cost that the BJP was attempting to poach AAP MLAs.

    “Kejriwal ji whether you were also offered the post of Prime Minister in 2024 by the BJP,” Gambhir stated in a tweet.

    केजरीवाल जी, कहीं 2024 के लिए प्रधानमंत्री पद का भी ऑफर तो नहीं दे दिया आपको भाजपा ने?

  • Excise coverage: Delhi govt gave licenses to corporations that paid ‘hefty commissions’ to AAP, claims BJP 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday alleged the Delhi authorities ignored suggestions of a three-member professional panel set as much as reform the liquor commerce within the metropolis and gave licences to firms that paid “hefty commissions” to the ruling AAP.

    It alleged the AAP authorities didn’t observe the recommendations of its personal panel to “gain an unfair advantage” within the Punjab polls and is now deflecting the BJP’s questions on the problem.

    At a press convention right here, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra stated Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the “kingpin” of the liquor coverage “scam” however he didn’t signal a single file in an try and keep away from investigation.

    Asked concerning the AAP’s declare that the BJP tried to bribe 4 of its legislators in Delhi, Patra stated, “They may have got such offers from liquor mafia. Why don’t they tell the names of the people who approached them?” The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Wednesday that the BJP has approached 4 of its legislators in Delhi, asking them to modify sides and be a part of the saffron celebration or else, face “false cases, the CBI and the ED”.

    Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, who additionally addressed the information convention, stated the AAP has failed to offer direct and particular solutions to questions posed by his celebration.

    The Delhi authorities handed over the wholesale liquor enterprise to non-public gamers regardless of the professional panel recommending in opposition to it, Patra claimed.

    ALSO READ | ED registers cash laundering case to probe alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise coverage 

    He additionally alleged that the town authorities allowed cartelisation within the liquor enterprise by giving a number of retail licences to large firms.

    “The AAP needed ‘mota maal’ (hefty commission) for the Punjab polls. So, whoever gave them ‘mota maal’ got licences. Neither the Kejriwal government floated any tender nor it issued any public notice. It gave licences to its “liquor mafia pals,” the BJP spokesperson alleged.

    “Blacklisted companies also got licences,” he claimed.

    The BJP chief stated the AAP is now making an attempt to “deflect” his celebration’s questions on malpractices within the implementation of liquor coverage.

    “Manish (Sisodia) Ji, you could be the world’s greatest schooling minister, however you must instantly convene a press convention and reply what had been you doing in your capability because the excise minister.

    “Is it not true that you ignored the recommendations of the panel on the retail and wholesale liquor business? On whose direction did you do so?” Patra posed.

    The ED has registered a cash laundering case in opposition to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others to probe the alleged irregularities within the Delhi Excise coverage after taking cognisance of a CBI FIR that has named Sisodia and 14 others.

    The CBI had carried out raids within the 2021-22 excise coverage case on August 19 and had coated the residence of Sisodia in Delhi, that of IAS officer and former Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and 19 different areas throughout seven states and Union Territories.

    Sisodia holds a number of portfolios within the Delhi authorities together with that of excise and schooling.

    The ED will probe if there have been alleged irregularities within the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy unveiled in November final 12 months.

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday alleged the Delhi authorities ignored suggestions of a three-member professional panel set as much as reform the liquor commerce within the metropolis and gave licences to firms that paid “hefty commissions” to the ruling AAP.

    It alleged the AAP authorities didn’t observe the recommendations of its personal panel to “gain an unfair advantage” within the Punjab polls and is now deflecting the BJP’s questions on the problem.

    At a press convention right here, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra stated Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the “kingpin” of the liquor coverage “scam” however he didn’t signal a single file in an try and keep away from investigation.

    Asked concerning the AAP’s declare that the BJP tried to bribe 4 of its legislators in Delhi, Patra stated, “They may have got such offers from liquor mafia. Why don’t they tell the names of the people who approached them?” The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Wednesday that the BJP has approached 4 of its legislators in Delhi, asking them to modify sides and be a part of the saffron celebration or else, face “false cases, the CBI and the ED”.

    Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, who additionally addressed the information convention, stated the AAP has failed to offer direct and particular solutions to questions posed by his celebration.

    The Delhi authorities handed over the wholesale liquor enterprise to non-public gamers regardless of the professional panel recommending in opposition to it, Patra claimed.

    ALSO READ | ED registers cash laundering case to probe alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise coverage 

    He additionally alleged that the town authorities allowed cartelisation within the liquor enterprise by giving a number of retail licences to large firms.

    “The AAP needed ‘mota maal’ (hefty commission) for the Punjab polls. So, whoever gave them ‘mota maal’ got licences. Neither the Kejriwal government floated any tender nor it issued any public notice. It gave licences to its “liquor mafia pals,” the BJP spokesperson alleged.

    “Blacklisted companies also got licences,” he claimed.

    The BJP chief stated the AAP is now making an attempt to “deflect” his celebration’s questions on malpractices within the implementation of liquor coverage.

    “Manish (Sisodia) Ji, you could be the world’s greatest schooling minister, however you must instantly convene a press convention and reply what had been you doing in your capability because the excise minister.

    “Is it not true that you ignored the recommendations of the panel on the retail and wholesale liquor business? On whose direction did you do so?” Patra posed.

    The ED has registered a cash laundering case in opposition to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others to probe the alleged irregularities within the Delhi Excise coverage after taking cognisance of a CBI FIR that has named Sisodia and 14 others.

    The CBI had carried out raids within the 2021-22 excise coverage case on August 19 and had coated the residence of Sisodia in Delhi, that of IAS officer and former Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and 19 different areas throughout seven states and Union Territories.

    Sisodia holds a number of portfolios within the Delhi authorities together with that of excise and schooling.

    The ED will probe if there have been alleged irregularities within the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy unveiled in November final 12 months.