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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.

Kejriwal to host dinner for three top-ranked schools of Delhi govt
India | Sep 21, 2019, 08:24 PM IST
The official said on Saturday that along with Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia, senior officials of the Education Department will also attend the dinner at the chief minister's official residence.
Govt should make law for mandatory allocation of 6 pc GDP to education
India | Sep 21, 2019, 08:20 PM IST
India's education system is "highly regulated" but "poorly funded", he claimed and said that transformation in the country's education is possible only if there is such a law .
Delhi government to give Rs 1 cr each to families of 8 deceased cops
India | Sep 17, 2019, 09:22 PM IST
"Delhi government today has cleared names of eight Delhi Police personnel for grant of ex gratia of Rs 1 crore who died while performing bonafide official duty," Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot tweeted.

Delhi govt announces fellowship for 1,000 artistes in field of street theatre
India | Aug 28, 2019, 05:56 PM IST
The fellowships will be given by Art, Culture and Languages department. Selected candidates, age 18-40 years, from the field of acting, direction, script-writing, dance, music and other forms of street performances will be given fellowships, said a government statement.
Work out a formula so that students do not have to bear the burden of paying hiked fee: Manish Sisodia
Education | Aug 12, 2019, 05:46 PM IST
CBSE on Sunday increased the fees of Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations by up to Rs 1,150, the first hike in the last five years. The fees for general category students for both Class 10 and 12 were doubled from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500 for five subjects.
15-day 'Happiness Utsav' begins in Delhi schools
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:31 PM IST
Beginning Tuesday, the Directorate of Education of Delhi is organising a 15-day "Happiness Utsav" across all its schools to celebrate the first year of the "happiness curriculum".

Delhi court grants bail to Kejriwal, Sisodia in criminal defamation case filed by BJP leader
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:10 AM IST
Vijender Gupta, who is the leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, has claimed in the complaint that due to widespread circulation of tweets and news reports on the statement of the two AAP leaders, his reputation was harmed for which they have n
Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia summoned in defamation case
India | Jul 08, 2019, 05:56 PM IST
A court here on Monday issued summons to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a defamation complaint against them filed by BJP leader Vijendra Gupta.
AAP refers to Union Budget as step-motherly; says no change in Delhi's share in central taxes
India | Jul 06, 2019, 07:05 AM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented her maiden budget in the Lok Sabha, which did not go down well with the Opposition. The Aam Aadmi Party termed the budget as 'step-motherly' and 'full of tokenism'. Earlier on Friday, the budget was even criticised by BSP chief Mayawati, who accused the Centre of favouring the business class through their budget and making it more difficult for the common man of the country.

Charges framed against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for 2014 protests
India | Jul 05, 2019, 07:05 PM IST
The court framed the charges after advocate Irshad, appearing for Kejriwal and Sisodia, pleaded not guilty on their behalf and claimed trial.
Sisodia sends defamation notice to Delhi BJP leaders over false allegations on classroom scam
India | Jul 03, 2019, 09:49 PM IST
Tiwari and other leaders had Monday alleged a Rs 2,000-crore "scam" in the construction of school classrooms by the Delhi government. Citing an RTI reply, Tiwari had claimed that the AAP government constructed 12,782 classrooms at a cost of Rs 2,892 crore, while it needed just Rs 800 crore. Serving a defamation notice, Sisodia sought a written apology from the Delhi BJP leaders.
Committed to provide quality education, not afraid of going to jail: Sisodia
India | Jul 02, 2019, 06:35 PM IST
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari had claimed on Monday that there is a "scam" of Rs 2,000 crore in the construction of classrooms for Delhi government schools. Citing an RTI reply, Tiwari had claimed that the AAP government constructed 12,782 classrooms at a cost of Rs 2,892 crore and this could have been done by spending just Rs 800 crore.

Kejriwal's education model better than that of BJP: Manish Sisodia
India | Jun 30, 2019, 10:05 PM IST
"I challenge Nadda to compare top 10 government schools of the BJP education model with Kejriwal education model," Sisodia said.
Delhi extends summer break for students up to Class 8
India | Jun 30, 2019, 03:49 PM IST
Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia said that while schools will reopen on July 8 for these students, classes will start for senior classes as per earlier schedule.
Tender process started for 1.5 lakh more CCTV cameras: Sisodia
India | Jun 23, 2019, 04:34 PM IST
"I congratulate the people of Patparganj. It is a big dream realised today.. as it is related to women safety. Though (the job of ensuring) women safety (Delhi Police) does not directly come under the Delhi government, it is doing whatever it can, and installation of CCTVs is a step in that direction only," Sisodia said.

No CBSE fee for Delhi government students: Manish Sisodia
Education | Jun 22, 2019, 09:31 PM IST
The government took the decision after students told Sisodia that although the education is free, they had to pay Rs 1,500 to CBSE.
Educators can perform 'surgical strike' on illiteracy, violence: Manish Sisodia
India | Jun 21, 2019, 11:58 AM IST
He said that education in the city had seen a lot of reforms."But this is just the beginning. The real work on education starts now."
Surprised' by Sreedharan's opposition to Delhi govt's free travel scheme for women: Sisodia
India | Jun 14, 2019, 10:19 PM IST
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Friday said he was "surprised" by former DMRC chief E Sreedharan's opposition to the Delhi government's proposed free travel scheme for women.
Manish Sisodia visits government schools in Delhi to inspect construction activities
India | Jun 08, 2019, 01:18 PM IST
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Saturday visited five government schools to take stock of the ongoing construction activities there, officials said.
BJP leader Vijender Gupta files defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia
India | Jun 04, 2019, 01:42 PM IST
Vijendra Gupta had also sent legal notices to Kejriwal and Sisodia a week ago asking them to apologise.