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When Will CBI Probe “Money For Op Lotus”: Manish Sisodia To BJP Chief

Manish Sisodia said he has answered all questions posed by the BJP about the excise policyNew Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today claimed he has answered all questions posed by the BJP about the excise policy and CVC report on classrooms and asked its chief JP Nadda when will the CBI probe the "source of money for operation lotus" in Delhi.Speaking in the Delhi assembly, Mr Sisodia also dubbed the BJP a "bacha chor" party while referring to the arrest of a BJP corporator in an alleged child kidnapping case.After completion of CBI search of his lockers in a Punjab National Bank in Ghaziabad, Mr Sisodia spoke in the assembly and said he has got a "clean chit" from the federal probe agency.He also asked Mr Nadda to answer when will the CBI launch a probe in corruption a...
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“You’re Intoxicated By Power”: Anna Hazare To Arvind Kejriwal On Delhi Liquor Policy Row

Anna Hazare was the face of the 2011 anti-corruption movement, from which AAP emerged. (File Photo)New Delhi: "Like liquor, power too intoxicates. You are intoxicated by power, it seems." This is one of many scathing lines in social activist Anna Hazare's letter to his former mentee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, over his government liquor licence policy, which was withdrawn in July after a corruption case."This is the first time I am writing to you since you became chief minister, because I am pained at recent news reports about your government's liquor policy," the letter, in Hindi, says at the outset."You had written idealistic things on liquor policies in your book 'Swaraj', for which you got me to write the introduction," he says, quoting from it that no liquor shops be ope...
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AAP vs BJP In Overnight Protest At Delhi Assembly

The AAP had earlier accused the LG of "interfering" in the city government's work.New Delhi: The Delhi assembly premises are witnessing a unique night, with both the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and Opposition BJP on overnight vigils accusing each other of corruption. AAP legislators have alleged that Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had pressurised his employees to exchange demonetised notes worth Rs 1,400 crore in 2016 when he was Khadi and Village Industries Commission Chairman.BJP MLAs are demanding the sacking of ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption.Soon after AAP accused the Delhi LG of laundering money during demonetisation, BJP in a press conference hit back, saying it's a deflection to avoid answers on the alleged corruption in the liquor po...