Manish Sisodia is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi. Sisodia won the Patparganj Assembly constituency thrice in a row in 2013, 2015, and 2020. He contested the Delhi Assembly Election in 2013 for the first time from Patparganj and won against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Nakul Bhardwaj by 11,476 votes. Congress candidate Anil Kumar stood at third. In the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election, Sisodia retained the seat by defeating BJP's Vinod Kumar Binny with an increased margin of 28,791 votes. Congress leader Anil Kumar remained in the third position. Sisodia won the seat again in 2020 but with a reduced margin of 3,207 votes. BJP candidate Ravinder Singh Negi gave him a tough fight. Sisodia has decided to shift his constituency in the upcoming Delhi Election and will be contesting from Jangpura against BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah and Congress candidate Farhad Suri. Sisodia also held several ministries, including Finance, Education, PWD, Tourism, Labour, Land and Building, etc., in the Arvind Kejriwal Cabinet.
A Delhi court has directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to furnish key documents to the accused, including Arvind Kejriwal, in the excise policy scam case. Next hearing scheduled for March 3.
The CAG report also flagged violations in the process of issuing licences and pointed out that recommendations of an expert panel, formed to suggest changes for the formation of the now scrapped policy, were ignored by then deputy chief minister and excise minister Manish Sisodia.
BJP's newly-elected MLA Ravinder Singh Negi accused Manish Sisodia and his party workers of stealing items from the MLA office in Patparganj after losing the assembly elections.
The BJP, which returned to power in Delhi after 27 years, swept away the AAP from the national capital. The saffron party won 48 seats to extend its saffron footprint in the country. But, the biggest highlights of the poll were shocking setbacks to top leaders. Here is a list of unexpected defeats.
BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah wins the Jangpura seat, defeating AAP's Manish Sisodia by 600 votes. Who is Marwah, and what does this mean for Delhi politics?
Delhi Election Results: After conceding defeats in Jangpura, Manish Sisodia said the people have supported him really well and affirmed hope that the BJP's candidate will work for the constituency.
Delhi Assembly Election Results 2025 Complete List of Winners and Parties: Parvesh Verma (BJP), Atishi (AAP), Tarvinder Singh Marwah (BJP), Kailash Gahlot (BJP), Arvinder Singh Lovely (BJP), Raj Kumar Chauhan (BJP), and Vijender Gupta (BJP) are some of the prominent winners in Delhi.
Delhi Assembly election: The New Delhi constituency, from where former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is contesting elections has the highest number of 23 candidates. While the BJP has fielded Parvesh Verma (son of former CM Sahib Singh Verma) and Congress has named Sandeep Dikshit.
The campaign for Delhi Assembly elections came to a halt...On the last day, Aam Aadmi Party, BJP and Congress put their full strength into the election campaign...All the big leaders of the three parties held public meetings and campaigned in favor of the party.
Delhi Assembly Election 2025: This time all eyes are on Delhi's Jangpura assembly seat because Aam Aadmi Party's strong leader Manish Sisodia is contesting from here leaving his traditional seat.
Speaking at a rally in Jangpura ahead of the Delhi Assembly Elections, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that if the party is voted to power Manish Sisodia will be appointed as Delhi Deputy CM.
Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: Sisodia said, "BJP is using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against all the opposition leaders who are not listening to them or following their instructions, and this is called a 'dictatorship' rule."
Delhi liquor policy case: The matter relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government's now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.
Sisodia, known for his significant role in transforming Delhi’s education sector, claimed that the BJP’s policies have not done enough to address the challenges faced by students and educational institutions.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's accusation comes days ahead of the elections for Delhi assembly's 70 seats due next month. Earlier, Kejriwal claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Atishi will be arrested soon in a fake case.
AAP leader Manish Sisodia criticized BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri for disrespectful remarks towards Delhi CM Atishi, highlighting a pattern of inappropriate behaviour towards women within the party. Sisodia called on the Prime Minister to address Bidhuri's conduct during a recent public event.
Delhi election: The education manifesto launched for the Jangpura constituency promises building building two fully equipped new schools in Sarai Kale Khan and Hazrat Nizamuddin.
As per the bail conditions, AAP leader Manish Sisodia was required to report to the investigating officer twice a week in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the Delhi excise policy.