Manish Sisodia's arrest assault on democracy: CPIML(L) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya
The Hindu
In a statement, CPIML(L) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said Manish Sisodia was arrested on the "flimsy pretext" of non-cooperation.
Hitting out at the BJP-led Central government, the CPIML(L) said the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI was an assault on democracy.
In a statement, CPIML(L) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said Mr. Sisodia was arrested on the "flimsy pretext" of non-cooperation.
Mr. Sisodia was held on Sunday evening in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy 2021-22.
A special court in Delhi sent him to five-day CBI custody for effective interrogation to unravel the alleged scam.
"In yet another arrogant assault on democracy, the Modi government has once again used the institutions of CBI and ED to pursue its politics of vendetta," Mr. Bhattacharya said.
“Having lost the MCD elections and the bid to capture the mayoral posts by “hook or crook”, the Modi-Shah regime has now resorted to this “unscrupulous misuse” of the Central agencies,” he said.