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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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EVMs tampering can’t be brushed aside by terming it a technical snag, says Sisodia
National | May 09, 2017, 09:06 PM ISTSisodia dubbed EVM-tampering as a conspiracy to murder democracy.
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AAP suspends Kapil Mishra from party's primary membership
National | May 08, 2017, 08:26 PM ISTThe development comes immediately after Mishra dared Delhi Chief Minister to remove him from the party even as he fired a fresh salvo at Kejriwal, saying a Rs 50 crore deal was arranged for the AAP chief's brother-in-law.
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Kapil Mishra ‘a stupid man, my brother-in-law is dead’, says Kejriwal’s wife
National | May 08, 2017, 07:44 PM ISTIn a tweet, she called Mishra a ‘stupid man’ and said that her brother-in-law was no more.
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‘Kapil Mishra's bribery allegations absurd’, says Manish Sisodia
National | May 07, 2017, 05:05 PM ISTMishra's surprise sacking came days after he sided with senior party leader Kumar Vishwas who has been at loggerheads with the party leadership.
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Election Commission clears Manish Sisodia in office of profit case
National | Apr 30, 2017, 01:44 PM ISTDelhi’s deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been cleared in an office of profit case by the Election Commission.
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Someone hacked my twitter account, retweeting anti-Anna Hazare messages: Sisodia
National | Apr 29, 2017, 01:00 PM ISTSenior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today claimed that someone hacked his tweeter account and was retweeting anti-Anna Hazare messages from it.
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Delhi follows UP example, cancels holidays marking birth, death anniversaries of personalities
National | Apr 28, 2017, 06:41 PM ISTIn another tweet, the AAP leader heaped praise on the BJP government in UP saying ‘a government should learn from the examples set by others’.
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MCD polls: 'This difference is unbelievable', Manish Sisodia cries foul over EVM tampering
National | Apr 26, 2017, 01:36 PM ISTSisodia said that a little percentage of difference in favour of the BJP would have been acceptable, but 'this difference is unbelievable'.
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MCD polls: AAP promises to make Delhi garbage-free within year
National | Apr 19, 2017, 06:52 PM ISTThe chief minister promised to make Delhi free of vector-borne diseases in the next three years, shut all landfills by 2019 and make the city spick and span within a year.
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Defamation case against Kejriwal a public matter, not private: Manish Sisodia defends AAP chief
National | Apr 04, 2017, 06:02 PM ISTSisodia said that the decision to pay Jethmalani from the exchequer in a defamation suit filed by Jaitley against Kejriwal was ‘a public matter’ and hence it was ‘morally correct’.
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Criminal defamation case against Delhi CM Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia to continue: Delhi HC
National | Mar 30, 2017, 06:40 PM ISTThe HC, however, granted exemption to Kejriwal and Sisodia from personal appearance on April 6 before the trial court in the matter.
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Airlines welcome Delhi government's move to reduce tax on jet fuel
Mar 09, 2017, 10:36 AM ISTThe airline industry on Wednesday welcomed the Delhi government's move to massively reduce the VAT (value added tax) on Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) from the existing 25 per cent to a mere 1 per cent.
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Kejriwal keeps focus on health and education in Delhi govt’s Rs 48,000 cr budget
National | Mar 08, 2017, 07:19 PM ISTThe Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government today presented its third budget for Delhi that focusses on improving transport, health, water distribution and education infrastructure.
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Nine students hospitalised after dead rat found in Delhi school's mid-day meal
India | Feb 17, 2017, 06:49 PM ISTIn a shocking incident reported from a Delhi government school, at least nine students were admitted to a government hospital after consuming midday meal which allegedly had a dead rat in it. The meal was
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Dead rat found in midday meal in Delhi school, 9 kids hospitalised
India | Feb 17, 2017, 09:58 AM ISTAt least nine kids were admitted to a hospital here after they consumed midday meal at a government school which had a dead rat in it.
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Delhi Budget to be symbol of people-centric governance: Manish Sisodia
National | Feb 15, 2017, 07:12 PM ISTDelhi government's budget for the year 2017-18 will be a symbol of people-centric governance, said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Sisodia said preparations for this year's budget had already begun
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AAP plans to contest Assembly polls in Rajasthan
National | Feb 11, 2017, 09:06 PM ISTAam Aadmi Party is very seriously considering contesting next Assembly elections in Rajasthan and also expand its presence in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. “In Rajasthan, people are disappointed with BJP rule and they are
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If Modi has CBI, we have RTI: Manish Sisodia
National | Feb 10, 2017, 06:47 PM ISTManish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, today filed an RTI seeking details about the expenditure incurred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital and other social media campaigns.
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AAP's Manish Sisodia confident of Delhi like verdict in Punjab, Goa polls
National | Jan 28, 2017, 08:59 AM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday heaped praise on new Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal saying ‘the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is ‘comfortable’ with new administrator’.
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AAP 'comfortable' with new LG, will clean sweep Punjab: Manish Sisodia
National | Jan 27, 2017, 02:09 PM ISTThe Aam Aadmi Party is "comfortable" with Delhi's new Lt Governor Anil Baijal and is also confident of winning assembly elections in both Punjab and Goa, according to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. "I have