Had To Beg To Pay Son’s Fees”: Manish Sisodia Recounts Time After Arrest

New Delhi: 

Manish Sisodia, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi’s former deputy Chief Minister, said attempts were made to turn him against Chief Minister and party colleague Arvind Kejriwal following his arrest in a corruption case linked to the national capital’s now-scrapped liquor policy.

“They tried to break me. I was told that Arvind Kejriwal had framed me. They told the court that Arvind Kejriwal named Manish Sisodia. I was told in the jail, ‘name Kejriwal, you will be saved’,” Mr Sisodia said at a party event called Janata ki Adalat (people’s court).

This comes days after Mr Kejriwal resigned as Chief Minister and said he would only return to the post after the people deliver a verdict in his favour in the upcoming Assembly election in Delhi. Mr Sisodia, too, has said that he will take up a role in the Delhi government only after the people’s verdict. Mr Kejriwal made the surprise announcement to resign after being granted bail in the Delhi liquor policy case. Senior AAP leader has now been sworn in as Chief Minister.