BJP claims AAP helped liquor mafia

The BJP on Friday accused the Aam Aadmi Party of helping the liquor mafia and claimed that Delhi's AAP government scrapped its excise policy because of fear over a CBI probe.

Commenting on AAP's allegations against the union government over a CBI raid on Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the excise policy, BJP leader and union minister Anurag Thakur said Sisodia had become an excuse minister. Sisodia said that the probe was to divert attention from the good work done by the Delhi government in education. Sisodia holds the education and excise portfolios in the government.

"Sisodia reversed the excise policy the day the probe was handed over to the CBI. Why was this step taken, because there was corruption in the issuance of liquor licences," Thakur told media persons.


He said the fear of the CBI probe compelled Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia to link the searches to education facilities in the national capital.

"This is not about education, but about the excise policy. Don't think of people as fools and stop your addresses to the nation," Thakur said.

"People seek answers. The corruption in excise policy has revealed the true face of Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. They talked about fighting corruption and not entering politics. Not only did they venture into politics, but are also now involved in corruption," he said.