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Manish Sisodia
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.
Manish Sisodia
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MCD Mayor Election 2023: Who is the new Mayor of Delhi - Shelly Oberoi?
Delhi | Feb 22, 2023, 04:13 PM ISTMCD Mayor Election 2023: Shelly Oberoi has caught the attention of Delhiites after defeating BJP's Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes in Delhi's MCD Mayor Election.
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Snooping case: MHA gives nod to prosecute Manish Sisodia under Prevention of Corruption Act
India | Feb 22, 2023, 09:27 AM ISTSnooping case: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had approved the CBI's request for prosecution sanction and forwarded the same to the MHA.
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Delhi Excise Policy Case: CBI confirms summoning Deputy CM Manish Sisodia for questioning on Feb 26
Delhi | Feb 20, 2023, 05:23 PM ISTDelhi Excise Policy Case: CBI has summoned Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia for questioning on February 26 at 10:30 AM.
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Manish Sisodia will not appear before CBI today, says 'I'm busy with budget preparation'
Delhi | Feb 19, 2023, 09:23 AM ISTDelhi liquor case: The development is set to scale up AAP's attacks against Delhi L-G and Bharatiya Janta Party as Kejriwal's party alleged that the Centre wants to halt the good works being done by the state government.
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Breaking News, February 19 | HIGHLIGHTS
India | Feb 19, 2023, 11:43 PM ISTIndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.
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'No such thing as liquor scam': Kejriwal as CBI summons Manish Sisodia
Delhi | Feb 18, 2023, 09:42 PM ISTManish Sisodia has not been named as an accused in the charge sheet. Arrested businessmen Vijay Nair and Abhishek are among the seven accused named in the chargesheet.
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Manish Sisodia gets CBI summon in Delhi excise duty scam
India | Feb 18, 2023, 11:20 AM ISTThe Delhi government has been accused of a policy to grant licences to liquor traders and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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Delhi BJP stages protest, demands Sisodia's removal over AAP's 'snooping' on politicians | DETAILS
Delhi | Feb 09, 2023, 01:38 PM ISTBJP vs AAP: It was claimed in a preliminary enquiry report of CBI that the FBU set up by the Delhi government months after AAP came to power in Delhi in 2015 indulged in "political intelligence".
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BJP instructed its councillors to stall MCD mayor polls: Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia
India | Feb 06, 2023, 01:58 PM ISTAccording to the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act, 1957, the mayor and the deputy mayor are to be elected in the very first session of the House after the civic polls. However, it's been two months since the municipal elections were held on December 4 and Delhi is yet to get a mayor.
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Delhi: Deputy CM Sisodia hits out at Gov for withholding appointment of 244 govt school principals
India | Feb 05, 2023, 07:45 PM ISTHitting out at the BJP, Sisodia said they are 'adamant' about keeping control of the services department, but determined not to appoint principals.
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'L-G not headmaster to check our homework': Kejriwal amid new flashpoint with VK Saxena
India | Jan 16, 2023, 02:09 PM ISTKejriwal vs Delhi L-G: The Delhi government's works are being deliberately impeded for political reasons, Kejriwal alleged and added that "the L-G is not our headmaster to check our homework. He has to say yes or no to our proposals".
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CBI seized my computer to 'implant' files in CPU: Manish Sisodia on his office raid
Jan 15, 2023, 08:40 PM ISTCBI raids Manish Sisodia office: In his statement, the Deputy CM has termed the whole exercise to be an act of malice detailing how the CBI raided his office on a Second Saturday (an official holiday) and gave a handwritten notice to the Secretary to seize a computer from the conference room.
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CBI raids Manish Sisodia's office: 'They will not find anything as...,' says, AAP leader
India | Jan 14, 2023, 06:32 PM ISTCBI raids Manish Sisodia office: CBI raids are underway at the office of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in Delhi Secretariat today.
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Delhi Mayor poll: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia sends DATES suggestions to L-G Vinai Saxena
Jan 12, 2023, 07:04 PM ISTDelhi Mayor poll: Manish Sisodia took to Twitter to inform that a proposal has been sent to the LG to hold the mayoral elections in Delhi on 18, 20, 21 or 24 January.
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Delhi govt directs PWD to withdraw Dhaula Kuan's slum demolition order; calls it 'inhuman' step
India | Jan 09, 2023, 03:46 PM ISTThe AAP-lead Delhi government underscored that it was "inhuman" to do so at the peak of winter and without making alternate arrangements for the residents.
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Delhi: Lack of space an issue in opening more Specialised Excellence schools, says Sisodia
Education | Dec 31, 2022, 02:05 PM ISTCurrently, there are 46 schools of specialized excellence in the national capital.
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'Landmark reform': Delhi govt says postmortems to be conducted even after sunset in govt hospitals
India | Dec 27, 2022, 10:48 PM ISTPostmortems after sunset: According to a statement from the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister's office, video recording of all postmortems will be done throughout the night and it will be preserved for future reference and legal purposes.
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AAP holds National Council meet ahead of assembly polls, discusses party's expansion plans
India | Dec 18, 2022, 02:55 PM ISTThe meeting assumes significance as it comes close after the just-concluded assembly polls in Gujarat, where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won five seats and secured nearly 13 percent vote share, becoming eligible for getting National Party status by the Election Commission.
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'You have to face consequences': Supreme Court tells Manish Sisodia
India | Dec 12, 2022, 07:28 PM ISTAssam CM Himanta Sarma had filed a criminal defamation case against Sisodia for making "baseless" corruption allegations against him in connection with the supply of PPE kits during the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
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MCD election results 2022: BJP trying to poach newly-elected AAP councillors, alleges Manish Sisodia
Elections | Dec 07, 2022, 11:57 PM ISTMCD election results 2022: Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia said the newly elected councillors have been instructed to record such phone calls in case they receive one.