- The raids and FIR against Sisodia were a fallout of a “massive support” the party has generated, especially in poll-bound Gujarat: Gopal Italia
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUG 20
Amidst the ongoing controversy over ‘corruption’ between AAP & BJP, AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he and his deputy Manish Sisodia, who is facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the Delhi excise policy, will visit Gujarat next week with a message that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will provide free and quality education as well as healthcare services if it is voted to power in the state in upcoming assembly polls.
देश के सर्वश्रेष्ठ शिक्षामंत्री @msisodia जीका गुजरात में हार्दिक स्वागत है..!#Gujarat https://t.co/04skQ8y6nk
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) August 20, 2022
The CBI has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against 15 persons, including Sisodia, in the corruption case related to the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy. The Central agency on Friday carried out searches at 31 places, which included premises related to Sisodia in Delhi as well as some bureaucrats and businessmen, in various cities.
દેશના સર્વશ્રેષ્ઠ શિક્ષણમંત્રી @msisodia જીના ઘરે ભ્રષ્ટ ભાજપ દ્વારા કરાવવામાં આવેલી CBI રેડ પર પ્રદેશ પ્રમુખ @Gopal_Italia જીની પ્રતિક્રિયા..!
સાંભળો 👇#Gujarat pic.twitter.com/P2NAiXNM2f
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) August 20, 2022
“On Monday, Manish ji and I will go to Gujarat for two days – to guarantee education and health. Like Delhi, Gujarat will also have good schools, good hospitals and Mohalla clinics. Everyone will get a good education and good and free treatment. People will be relieved. We will also interact with youth,” Kejriwal said in a Tweet. This will be the fifth visit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s national convener this month to Gujarat where Assembly elections are due in December this year.
The AAP has kept its immediate focus on the BJP-ruled Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where it will contest all seats in the assembly polls due later this year.
The AAP had announced the names of its candidates for 19 seats so far. Kejriwal had earlier assured “guarantees” to people in Gujarat, including free electricity up to 300 units in a month, free and quality education, a Rs 3,000 monthly unemployment allowance and a job to every youth in Gujarat if his party was voted to power. He had also promised Rs 1,000 to all women above the age of 18 years if they are willing to accept such a grant in the state. And also promised to implementation of the Constitution’s Fifth Schedule and the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas).
AAP’s Gujarat president Gopal Italia on Saturday said the raids and FIR against Sisodia were a fallout of a “massive support” the party has generated, especially in poll-bound Gujarat. “The way AAP created hopes in the minds of parents all over the country, especially in Gujarat, through its model schools, and the way the AAP is slowly becoming powerful in Gujarat, the BJP sent the CBI to Sisodia’s house. “I believe that many people died after drinking spurious liquor in Gujarat where illicit liquor worth ?20,000 crore is sold every year. There should be a CBI inquiry,” Italia told reporters in Surat.
At least 42 people died due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat’s Botad district last month. Italia alleged the CBI raids (on Sisodia’s premises) are meant to stop AAP in Gujarat. “Earlier, the BJP and the Congress together tried to fool the people of Gujarat. With the entry of honest AAP, the BJP is afraid of losing the elections. That’s why the CBI raided Sisodia’s house and efforts are being made to create an atmosphere of fear in the whole country,” he alleged. He said AAP will fight BJP with all its strength.
After its stupendous victory in Punjab, the AAP has been working on its national expansion plan.
While the party has activated and reorganised its units in most of the states, it has launched a massive membership drive assembly in the state where assembly polls are to held in next two years.
