Those who have warrants issued in their names can't give guarantees: BJP on AAP's MCD poll promises
The Hindu
"These people change phones costing ₹1 to 2 crores. You can imagine the scale of corruption in the excise policy," said Sambit Patra.
The BJP on Friday attacked the AAP after it announced 10 promises for the upcoming MCD polls, saying that those who have warrants issued in their names cannot give guarantees.
Citing media reports, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said at a press conference here that those who guaranteed an honest government in Delhi "changed 140 mobile phones costing ₹1.2 crore to destroy evidence related to the excise policy scam".
The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, told a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Thursday that a probe found that three dozen VIPs, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, changed as many as 140 mobile phones with the intention to destroy digital evidence.
Mr. Sisodia is an accused in the case.
"Thirty-four persons accused in the excise policy scam, including Manish Sisodia, changed 140 mobile phones to cover their digital footprints. Sisodia did all this on the directions of (Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal," Mr. Patra charged.
"These people change phones costing ₹1 to 2 crores. You can imagine the scale of corruption in the excise policy," he said.
After the CBI started probing the matter, the BJP leader said, Mr. Sisodia asked for soft copies of files pertaining to the formulation of the excise policy and the related tender documents in a pen drive from his own department.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.