Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia reached a Ghaziabad financial institution at this time for the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) search of his locker in reference to its probe into alleged irregularities within the capital’s now-withdrawn liquor coverage. 

Mr Sisodia, whose house was raided almost two weeks in the past, had stated yesterday that “nothing might be discovered” in his locker. “Tomorrow, CBI will raid our financial institution locker. Nothing was discovered within the 14-hour raid at my home on August 19. Nothing might be discovered within the locker both. Welcome to CBI. My household and I’ll totally cooperate within the investigation,” he tweeted in Hindi yesterday.

Mr Sisodia, who additionally handles Delhi authorities’s excise portfolio, is among the many 15 accused named within the FIR filed by the CBI within the liquor coverage case.

The CBI has contended that the brand new coverage was launched with out the permission of Delhi’s then Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. It additionally says many ineligible distributors had been awarded licences by the Delhi authorities in trade for bribes. The coverage, launched in November final 12 months, was withdrawn eight months later amid allegations of corruption.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) has rejected all allegations of irregularities in its coverage. Mr Sisodia has stated it was applied with full transparency and has alleged that the BJP raised the difficulty to counter AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s political problem. “These persons are not involved concerning the rip-off. Their fear is Arvind Kejriwal [the Chief Minister of Delhi], who’s liked by the lots and has emerged as a nationwide possibility,” he stated following the raids at him house.

Over the previous couple of weeks, the AAP has come all out towards the BJP, accusing it of providing bribes to MLAs to change over in an try to topple the federal government in Delhi.

With the intention to show that every one AAP MLAs are dedicated to the celebration, Arvind Kejriwal has stated he’ll take a check of majority in Delhi Meeting. The Chief Minister, in a blistering assault towards the BJP, stated yesterday that the celebration is utilizing taxpayers’ cash to fund to bribe legislators and toppled elected state governments led by Opposition events.

BJP’s nationwide president JP Nadda has accused the AAP of making an attempt to divert the topic with out responding to the allegations towards its authorities.