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Manish Sisodia

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

MCD Elections 2022: BJP wins 3 out of 4 wards in Manish Sisodia's Patparganj constituency
Elections | Dec 07, 2022, 02:40 PM IST
MCD Elections 2022: The BJP's candidates won from Patparganj, Mandawali, and Vinod Nagar, whereas, Mayur Vihar Phase-II was bagged by the AAP's candidate.
Delhi excise policy: Gurugram businessman Amit Arora, also seen in BJP sting video, arrested by ED
India | Nov 30, 2022, 11:48 AM IST
The CBI in a recently filed chargesheet in the case claimed that Amit Arora, with two other accused are close to Manish Sisodia.
MCD Elections 2022: Difference between key functions of MCD and Delhi Government
Elections | Dec 07, 2022, 07:51 AM IST
MCD Elections 2022: As the national capital is all set to go for its municipal polls, take a look at key difference between the roles of MCD and Delhi government and how much does the work of both the administrations differ.

Ahead of MCD elections, Delhi BJP chief says they regularise contractual teachers
Elections | Nov 27, 2022, 04:49 PM IST
After meeting the representatives of the Delhi Teachers Council Corporation body on Sunday, Gupta said that the dearness allowance will be resumed for the contractual teachers as soon as the BJP won the polls.
Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, November 25, 2022
India | Nov 25, 2022, 11:19 PM IST
Hello and welcome to Aaj Ki Baat With Rajat Sharma, the only news show with real facts and no noise.
AAP leader Sandeep Bhardwaj didn't commit suicide, it's a murder, alleges BJP's Manoj Tiwari
India | Nov 25, 2022, 11:04 AM IST
AAP leader Sandeep Bhardwaj death: BJP leader Manoj Tiwari sought to raise questions over circumstances leading to Sandeep Bhardwaj's death. Tiwari alleged that Bhardwaj didn't commit suicide but it was a murder.

MCD Elections 2022: What BJP couldn't do in 15 years, AAP will achieve in 5 years, says Sisodia
Elections | Nov 21, 2022, 02:20 PM IST
Over the past 15 years, the BJP has laid waste to the entire city. The main and primary responsibility of the BJP-ruled MCD was to clean Delhi, and clear the garbage, but the BJP proved to be an absolute failure and ended up turning Delhi into a dumping ground, he said.
Gujarat elections: New twist in AAP candidate kidnap drama, candidate lashes out at party
Elections | Nov 16, 2022, 07:42 PM IST
Gujarat Elections 2022: AAP's candidate from Surat East seat Kanchan Jariwala rubbished party's claims that he was kidnapped and said he withdrew his nomination on his own.
Excise policy case: Delhi court allows businessman Dinesh Arora to turn approver
India | Nov 16, 2022, 05:50 PM IST
Excise policy case: The CBI had on November 7 moved an application before the court seeking its permission to turn businessman Dinesh Arora an approver in the case.

Gujarat: 'BJP goons kidnapped our candidate' claims AAP, he withdraws nomination - What happened
Elections | Nov 16, 2022, 01:36 PM IST
Gujarat Election 2022: Manish Sisodia said that AAP candidate Kanchan Jariwala was last seen at the RO office yesterday. They (BJP) tried to get his nomination rejected.
BJP's BIG attack on AAP: 'Delhi excise policy was leaked to Sisodia's friends'
India | Nov 11, 2022, 01:51 PM IST
Delhi excise policy: BJP's Sambit Patra alleged that Rs 100 crore advance payment was taken from two businessmen who have now been arrested.
Delhi excise policy: ED arrests two private company executives; over 160 search ops in case so far
India | Nov 10, 2022, 09:41 PM IST
Delhi excise policy: The two arrested persons were Benoy Babu, general manager of liquor company Pernod Ricard, and P Sarath Chandra Reddy, whole-time director and promoter of Aurobindo Pharma.

Delhi excise policy case: Sisodia sought copies of documents from commissioner, say official sources
India | Nov 10, 2022, 11:48 PM IST
Delhi excise policy case: Among the accused in the case are Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the then Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna, Deputy Commissioner Anand Tiwari and Assistant Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar.
Delhi Liquor Policy case: Two businessmen including Hyderabad-based Pharma company head arrested
India | Nov 10, 2022, 09:46 AM IST
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested two businessmen belonging to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 money laundering case.
Conman Sukesh alleges constant threats from AAP; requests L-G to transfer him from Delhi jail
India | Nov 10, 2022, 08:16 AM IST
Sukesh Chandrasekhar counsel has said that his client is receiving constant threats and pressure to withdraw complaints filed against AAP, Arvind Kejriwal, Satyendra Jain and Kailash Gehlot.

Delhi MCD polls 2022: Sisodia promises cleaning landfill sites in city if AAP wins
India | Nov 09, 2022, 01:25 PM IST
Delhi MCD Election 2022: The BJP has been in power in the MCD -- trifurcated in 2012 into north, south and east corporations and then unified this year -- for three straight terms. The high-stakes civic polls are largely being seen as a three-way contest among the AAP, the BJP and the Congress.
'Don’t hallucinate, you and Satyendar Jain know me very well': Conman Sukesh to Kejriwal
India | Nov 08, 2022, 11:04 AM IST
Sukesh made fresh accusations against AAP leaders, alleging that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked him to collect Rs 500 crore for the party and Delhi minister Satyender Jain threatened him.
Excise policy case: Sisodia's aide Dinesh Arora turns approver; says 'ready to make true disclosure'
India | Nov 07, 2022, 06:58 PM IST
"I have seen CBI's application and it has been filed with the request of the grant of pardon to me as I am ready to voluntarily make a true and full disclosure of all the facts pertaining to this case," Dinesh Arora said.
Delhi excise policy: ED raided my PA's residence, arrested him, claims Manish Sisodia
India | Nov 05, 2022, 05:10 PM IST
Delhi liquor case: ED records statement of Manish Sisodia's PA in money laundering case linked to Delhi scrapped excise policy
BJP trying to poach AAP MLAs, says Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia, produces audio tape as 'proof'
India | Oct 29, 2022, 04:04 PM IST
He said the audio tape was "proof" of the BJP's failed attempt to poach AAP MLAs in Delhi and Punjab and demanded a probe by the Enforcement Directorate into the matter.