CBI FIR fake, BJP-ruled Centre acting like 'serial killer' to eliminate state govts: Manish Sisodia

The BJPled Centre is acting like a serial killer to eliminate state governments Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed on Friday as he termed the CBI FIR against him completely fake and based on mere sourcesSpeaking in the Delhi Assembly Sisodia said the CBI does not have proof of any corruption in the city governments excise policyHe also alleged that the CBI conducted raids on his residence because the Delhi governments good work was being praised across the globeThe deputy chief minister who is an accused in the CBI case related to the Delhi governments excise policy said Prime Minister Narendra Modi feels insecure seeing good work done by othersAlso Read Manish Sisodia claims BJP approached him offered to close all cases if he joins partyPrime Minister Modi feels insecure seeing good work by others I have not seen a more insecure person than him Had Arvind Kejriwal been the prime minister and I the education minister of a state he would not have done something like this Sisodia said participating in a discussion on a government resolution moved by Revenue Minister Kailash GahlotThe deputy chief minister asserted that Kejriwal supported the prime minister in all the Centres good initiatives but the PM did the oppositeHe said CBI officers searched his clothes and even his childrens clothes during the 14hour raid at his house but found nothingThe FIR against me is completely fake I have committed no corruptionThey BJP are acting like serial killer to eliminate other state governments The effort they are putting to murder state governments they should have put that much effort into building schools and hospitals Sisodia saidThe Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Thursday had held a show of strength by summoning all its MLAs at party supremo Arvind Kejriwals residence where he accused the BJP of trying to topple his government by offering Rs 800 crore to 40 of his legislators for switching sides Kejriwal also questioned if the money came from GST collections the PM CARES fund or some of the BJPs friendsAlso Read Manish Sisodia deserves Bharat Ratna but he is being hounded by Centre Arvind KejriwalSpeaking in the House the deputy chief minister defended his governments Excise Policy 202122 which has now been withdrawnThere was no burden on the people in the excise policy and the governments revenue also increased but still the BJP was alleging corruption in it Sisodia saidHe said that the FIR against him was based on mere sources as the CBI does not have any proof for any corruption He said the real reason behind the CBI raid was Delhi governments good works which were being praised across the globeThe CBI is currently probing alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the Kejriwal governments new excise policy and has named Sisodia who holds the excise portfolio as one of the accused in its FIR The agency conducted a raid at the deputy chief ministers residence last weekSisodia also alleged that a huge conspiracy was at play to topple the state government He claimed the BJP offered to have cases against him dropped if he joined the partyThey told me to leave Kejriwal come to BJP and all cases will be shut But I said I have not done anything wrong and I will be released by court I have not come here to become the chief minister You cannot break me and I am not ready to budge in front of them I assure people that you have bought us with your votes and now no power can buy us the AAP leader saidSisodia stressed it was all being done so that children do not get education and can be used for the BJPs hooliganismFiftythree MLAs were physically present in the meeting at the chief ministers residence on Thursday while one Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan attended it over phone Seven MLAs Sisodia and Speaker Ram Niwas Goel were out of station and minister Satyendar Jain is in jailSisodia who also holds the education portfolio drew parallels of Indias average education age of children with that of other countries and said that the nation was lagging in the segment and was only ahead of PakistanHe said that after 75 years of Independence the condition of education is such that on an average children get education for six years in IndiaWe are ahead of Pakistan where the average age is five years In US Britain and Japan the same figure is 13 years while in South Africa it is 10 yearsPM Narendra Modi has small thinking and such thinking is responsible for our poor condition in health and education Sisodia saidHe added that only Kejriwal can increase the average education age of the country and end the high fees charged by private schoolsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever