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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

Kejriwal meets Delhi LG first time after raids on Sisodia, hopes 'situation will improve'
India | Sep 09, 2022, 08:10 PM IST
Kejriwal meets Delhi L-G: Amid the AAP's tussle with the lieutenant governor, Kejriwal had skipped the previous three weekly meetings, held every Friday, including one on August 19 when Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia's residence was raided.
AAP claims ED has also given clean chit to Sisodia as agency carries out raids in Delhi excise case
India | Sep 06, 2022, 09:15 PM IST
On Monday, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party had said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), too, had given a clean chit to Sisodia. The agency, however, categorically denied it, saying the case remains under investigation and it has not absolved anyone of the charges.
After CBI, ED has also given clean chit to Sisodia, says AAP; agency yet to respond
India | Sep 06, 2022, 03:31 PM IST
The AAP's claim comes after the ED conducted searches across Delhi and five states as part of its money laundering investigation into the alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy.

Delhi BJP leaders start signature campaign for removal of Manish Sisodia
India | Sep 06, 2022, 01:20 PM IST
Party leaders including state president Adesh Gupta and MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ramesh Bidhuri participated in the campaign being conducted outside around 20 metro stations and other prominent locations in the national capital.
CBI rejects Sisodia claim that its officer killed self under pressure to 'frame' him in excise case
India | Sep 05, 2022, 06:07 PM IST
On August 19, the federal probe agency raided 31 locations, including Sisodia's residence, after filing an FIR over alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi government's Excise Policy 2021-22.
Delhi liquor scam: BJP releases 'sting operation' video; Deputy CM Sisodia hits back
India | Sep 05, 2022, 05:04 PM IST
At a press conference with Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta and Lok Sabha member Manoj Tiwari, Sambit Patra released the "sting operation" video featuring Kulvinder Marwah, the father of Sunny Marwah, the accused number 13 in the liquor scam case.

'Is running Operation Lotus BJP's only job?': One of Manish Sisodia's three questions to PM Modi
India | Sep 05, 2022, 02:57 PM IST
Delhi liquor probe: Manish Sisodia said PM Modi only thinks of destabilizing governments in non-BJP states by poaching MLAs.
Manish Sisodia's 'Sunday breakfast' with school heads
India | Sep 04, 2022, 09:12 PM IST
In the meeting, he also talked adopting new unique experiments in schools, sharing them with other schools, and establishing better relations between the school and the community.
AAP MLAs claiming BJP offered them money should take lie detector test: Delhi BJP
India | Aug 31, 2022, 12:01 PM IST
AAP had earlier said its MLAs were offered Rs Rs 20 crore to switch sides to the BJP.

Delhi liquor policy scam: 'Got clean chit', says Manish Sisodia after CBI searches bank lockers
India | Aug 30, 2022, 01:05 PM IST
Delhi liquor policy scam: Sisodia is among the 15 people and entities named in an FIR registered by the agency in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi government’s Excise Policy 2021-22.
Delhi Liquor Policy scam: CBI to examine Manish Sisodia's bank locker today
India | Aug 30, 2022, 12:41 AM IST
Manish Sisodia on Monday said that on Tuesday, the probe agency will visit the branch of his bank to examine his account details and locker.
BJP wants all Delhi govt schools to be shut to make way for private players, claims Sisodia
India | Aug 27, 2022, 10:02 PM IST
Delhi excise policy: Addressing a press conference, he also claimed the BJP was bringing up such a “fake story of corruption” under “a conspiracy” to close down all government schools and pave the way for the opening of private schools in the national capital.

Sisodia's trouble set to rise further, L-G seeks report into 'extra classrooms in Delhi schools'
India | Aug 26, 2022, 04:05 PM IST
Delhi LG took serious note of the delay in taking action on a vigilance report filed after a probe into the construction of extra classrooms in Delhi schools. Manish Sisodia is also Delhi's education minister.
CBI FIR fake, BJP-ruled Centre acting like serial killer to eliminate state govts, says Sisodia
India | Aug 26, 2022, 02:02 PM IST
He said Arvind Kejriwal supported the prime minister in all the Centre's good initiatives but the prime minister did the opposite.
Delhi Assembly: BJP protest marks stormy start to special one-day session
India | Aug 26, 2022, 11:09 AM IST
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's weekly meeting scheduled for Friday has been called off owing to the Assembly session.

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India | Aug 27, 2022, 03:25 PM IST
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AAP mounts allegations against BJP, says it offered Rs 20 cr to 4 MLAs to switch sides
India | Aug 24, 2022, 01:19 PM IST
Delhi liquor scam: Sanjay Singh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making efforts to bring AAP legislators into the BJP-fold "by hook or crook" and topple the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi.
ED denies filing money laundering case against Manish Sisodia, others to probe excise policy
India | Aug 23, 2022, 09:03 PM IST
Delhi Liquor Policy scam: It was reported that Manish Sisodia, and others were booked in a money laundering case by the ED to probe the Delhi excise policy, however, the law enforcement agency denied these reports.
In Gujarat's Bhavnagar, Manish Sisodia talks about jobs, lashes out at Centre over CBI raids
India | Aug 23, 2022, 06:40 PM IST
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia also lashed out at the Centre over CBI raids against him in the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam saying the growing enthusiasm for AAP across the country is what is making CBI tighten the noose on him.
Delhi liquor policy row: AAP govt ignored violations of excise policy, alleges BJP
India | Aug 23, 2022, 01:57 PM IST
Delhi liquor policy row: On October 25, 2021, the Delhi excise department had brought some cases of common producers, retailers and distributors to the notice of the government, but it did not act on it, BJP claimed.