Live News Updates from Delhi: 'CBI officials have a lot of regard for Sisodia... 'There was a lot of political pressure,' says Arvind Kejriwal.
Live Manish Sisodia News from Delhi: Security heightened in central Delhi ahead of AAP demonstration; "Sisodia provided evasive explanations, did not help with inquiry," says CBI following his detention; AAP calls it a "dark day for democracy".
Arrest of Manish Sisodia, Delhi Live News Today: The AAP has launched a countrywide campaign to oppose the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy issue. The AAP has called for a demonstration against the BJP headquarters on the Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Marg. Security has been increased. During the day, traffic in the city center is also expected to be disrupted.
"I am told that most CBI officers were against Manish's arrest," Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Monday, a day after Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was detained by the CBI in connection with the alleged liquor excise policy issue. They all have a lot of regard for him, and there is no proof against him. Yet the political pressure to arrest him was so strong that they had no choice but to comply."
Immediately after Sisodia was detained by the CBI after eight hours of questioning on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) turned its sights on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, branding him the "true mastermind" of the excise fraud and claiming that "he was next." From July of last year, the BJP has increasingly increased its.
Immediately after Sisodia was detained by the CBI after eight hours of questioning on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) turned its sights on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, branding him the "true mastermind" of the excise fraud and threatening that "he was next." From July of last year, the BJP has progressively increased its onslaught on the Delhi administration on a slew of alleged corruption accusations, building on L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena's proposal for a CBI investigation into the 'Excise Policy Scam.'
