Lagatar24 desk
New Delhi, March 3: Manish Sisodia, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a former deputy minister of Delhi, applied for bail in an liquor policy scam on Friday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained Manish Sisodia over a week ago in relation to the alleged corruption in the creation and implementation of the now-cancelled spirits strategy for 2021–2022.
Although the Supreme Court declined to consider Sisodia’s bail application on the grounds that it occurred in Delhi, Sisodia’s solicitor filed the most current argument at Delhi Rouse Avenue Court.
The Supreme Court’s bench, made up of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha, ruled that a person cannot approach the Supreme Court directly because the trial court in question and the Delhi High Court both provide avenues for redress.
Following his detention by a federal agency last week, Manish Sisodia left Arvind Kejriwal’s Cabinet.
Sisodia served as Delhi’s deputy chief minister. In addition, he was in control of up to 18 of the Delhi government’s 33 departments, including home, finance, health, and education. Sisodia was placed in five-day CBI detention for questioning on Monday by a special CBI court.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been charged by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with seeking to obstruct the functioning of the Delhi government in the fields of education and health.
“If Manish Sisodia joins BJP today, won’t he be released tomorrow,” Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said.
“The people who brought laurels for the country from across the world were put behind bars by Prime Minister Modi,” he added.
