BJP wants to keep Sisodia in jail till Gujarat poll results, claims Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday claimed the BJPled government at the Centre plans to keep his deputy Manish Sisodia in jail till the declaration of Gujarat Assembly poll results as it does not want him to campaign in the stateThe Central Bureau of Investigation CBI on Monday started questioning Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged irregularities in implementation of the 202122 Delhi excise policyAssembly polls in the western state being ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP for the past 27 years is likely to be held in the next two months The AAP has been positioning itself as the main political challenger of the BJP in the stateAddressing a rally in Unjha in Mehsana district Kejriwal said when his party comes to power on December 8 jail ke taale tootenge Manish Sisodia chhootenge the locks of the jail will break and Sisodia will be freeAlso Read Congress presidential polls Voting ends in Kharge vs Tharoor contestDecember 8 is the vote counting date for Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls though no schedule has been announced by the Election Commission for Gujarat electionsKejriwal said Sisodia a senior AAP leader has built many schools in Delhi and was supposed to visit Gujarat for poll campaigning but today the CBI has called him for questioning and will arrest himThey will keep him Sisodia behind bars till December 8 They do not want him to campaign here But when the AAP comes to power in Gujarat on December 8 jail ke taale tootenge Manish Sisodia chhootenge said the AAP leader repeating his newlycoined slogan three timesKejriwal on the second day of his twoday visit to the state asked voters to give his party at least 150 seats in the 182member Gujarat Assembly as a simple majority would allow the BJP to wean away some of the MLAs to bring down the governmentThe AAP convener was accompanied by party colleague and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant MannThe Delhi CM reiterated promises of withdrawing cases against those involved in agitations free electricity up to 300 units and financial assistance of Rs 1000 to each woman if the AAP comes to power in GujaratThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever