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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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Online education might create digital divide: Manish Sisodia
Education | Jul 02, 2020, 07:06 PM ISTAsserting that online education might create a 'digital divide', Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday emphasised on the relevance of 'one-to-one learning' and 'learning with human feel'.
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Delhi schools to remain closed till July 31, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia announces
India | Jun 26, 2020, 07:28 PM ISTSchools in Delhi will remain closed till July 31, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has announced. The decision has been taken in view of rising coronavirus cases in the national capital.
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Will oppose LG's order to scrap home isolation: Manish Sisodia
India | Jun 20, 2020, 12:47 PM ISTDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the Delhi government will oppose the Lt Governor Anil Baijal's order to "scrap" home isolation, in DDMA meeting, minutes before the meeting was scheduled to begin at 12 noon on Saturday.
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Manish Sisodia takes over charge of health, PWD as Satyendar Jain tests positive for COVID-19
India | Jun 18, 2020, 10:40 AM ISTJain was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital early Tuesday after running high fever and suffering a sudden drop in oxygen level. The 55-year-old leader''s test result came positive on Wednesday evening after a second test.
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Delhi may see over 5 lakh coronavirus cases by July end, says Manish Sisodia
India | Jun 09, 2020, 02:22 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that by the end of July 2020, it is expected that there will be 5 lakh cases of coronavirus in Delhi for which there will be a requirement of 80,000 COVID-19 beds.
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Reduce syllabus by 30%, reopen schools with reasonable precautions: Sisodia to HRD minister
Education | Jun 06, 2020, 05:38 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia pitched for a 30 per cent reduction in syllabus for all grades to make up for the loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and advocated reopening of schools with reasonable precautions.
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Delhi govt seeks Rs 5,000 crore assistance package from Centre in Unlock 1
India | May 31, 2020, 01:48 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Manish Sisodia, said on Sunday that the state government had asked the Centre for a financial assistance worth Rs 5,000 crore.
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Not possible to hold remaining CBSE Class 10, 12 exams: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
India | Apr 28, 2020, 10:56 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Tuesday said it would not be possible to hold the remaining CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 Board exams. He made the suggestion during a meeting with HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today.
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Delhi schools will charge only monthly tuition fee, mandated to pay staff salary on time: Sisodia
Education | Apr 17, 2020, 01:33 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a video conference on Friday announced that schools (including private) in Delhi will not be allowed to charge 3-month fee and can only take 1-month tuition fee.
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Delhi to implement Ayushman Bharat, Manish Sisodia announces in budget speech
India | Mar 23, 2020, 03:52 PM ISTThe Centre's flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat will be implemented in Delhi from the upcoming financial year, Delhi's finance minister Manish Sisodia announced in his budget speech
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Deputy CM Manish Sisodia reviews relief operations in riot-hit areas of northeast Delhi
India | Mar 03, 2020, 03:42 PM ISTDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday visited riot-affected areas in northeast Delhi to take stock of relief operations.
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Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia visit sensitive areas in Northeast Delhi, interact with locals
India | Feb 26, 2020, 08:51 PM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia are visiting sensitive areas in Northeast Delhi where violence was unleashed by rioters against the new Citizenship law. Both of them are interacting with locals and taking stock of the situation.
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Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia dropped from school event ahead of Melania Trump's visit
India | Feb 23, 2020, 09:30 AM ISTThe names of CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia dropped from the school event where Melania Trump is scheduled to visit. According to Delhi Government Sources, both were to attend the program since the school comes under Delhi Govt.
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Kejriwal 3.0: Journey of a bureaucrat-turned activist to Delhi Chief Minister
India | Feb 16, 2020, 10:38 AM ISTArvind Kejriwal is set to take oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third time today. Kejriwal's swearing-in is taking place at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan. Ahead of Kejriwal's oath-taking ceremony, let's take a look at Kejriwal's political journey that made him a people's leader.
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Want Delhi No 1 city in the world, says Kejriwal as he takes oath as Delhi CM
India | Feb 16, 2020, 02:02 PM ISTAAP chief Arvind Kejriwal sworn-in as Delhi Chief Minister for the third consecutive term today. Along with Kejriwal, six AAP leaders also took oath as cabinet ministers.
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President appoints Kejriwal as Delhi CM; Sisodia, Satyendar Jain & 4 more to take oath as ministers
India | Feb 14, 2020, 11:22 PM ISTPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed Arvind Kejriwal as the next chief minister of Delhi. The ministers set to take oath as ministers on February 16 include Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Rajendra Gautam, Kailash Gehlot, and Imran Hussain.
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Manish Sisodia's OSD sent to judicial custody
India | Feb 14, 2020, 05:40 PM ISTA Delhi court on Friday sent Gopal Krishna Madhav, the officer on special duty (OSD) to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia, to 14-day judicial custody in a bribery case.
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'Delhi is Invited': Manish Sisodia as Arvind Kejriwal to take oath this Sunday
India | Feb 12, 2020, 01:44 PM ISTManish Sisodia on Wednesday said that Arvind Kejriwal will be sworn in as the chief minister of Delhi on February 16 for the third time at the Ramlila Maidan. Addressing the media, Sisodia said that Kejriwal, full cabinet will be sworn-in on that perticular day.
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Delhi’s voters have rejected BJP’s efforts to polarize, says Sisodia; ducks question on Shaheen Bagh
Elections | Feb 11, 2020, 03:06 PM ISTWhen asked if his support for Shaheen Bagh protestors could be a possible reason behind him being given a scare of defeat, the Manish Sisodia responded, “It is an overall victory for AAP.”
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Shaheen Bagh effect? AAP No. 2 Manish Sisodia stares at defeat as party heads for 2nd term
Elections | Feb 11, 2020, 02:04 PM ISTContest between AAP's Manish Sisodia and BJP's Ravinder Singh in Patparganj, has been a sea-saw so far as the time of writing this copy, Delhi Deputy chief minister was trailing by over 1,000 votes.