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More AAP Will Grow, More Cases Will Be Filed Against Its Leaders: Sisodia On MHA Nod To Prosecute Him In ‘Political Intelligence’ Case

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted the prosecution sanction to the CBI against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a case of alleged collection of “political intelligence” through a feedback unit (FBU) set up to check corruption.

In a communication to the principal secretary to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, the home ministry said the sanction to prosecute Sisodia was granted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia on MHA’s sanction

While responding to the allegations, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the more AAP will grow, the more cases will be filed against its leaders, following the MHA’s sanction to the CBI to prosecute him in a case of alleged collection of “political intelligence”.

Taking to Twitter, Sisodia wrote in Hindi, “Filing cases against one’s rivals is a sign of a weak and cowardly person. The more AAP will grow, the more cases will be filed against us.”

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‘Political Intelligence’

Early this month, the CBI had said it found in its preliminary inquiry that the FBU set up by the Delhi government to check corruption allegedly collected “political intelligence” and the agency recommended that an FIR be registered against Sisodia.

AAP dispensation had proposed setting up the FBU in 2015 to gather relevant information and actionable feedback regarding the working of the various departments and autonomous bodies, institutions and entities falling under the jurisdiction of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and also to do “trap cases”, the CBI said.

Further, CBI said that the unit started functioning in 2016 with a provision of Rs 1 crore for secret service expenditure.

The Central Bureau of Investigation alleged that the AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal moved the proposal in a Cabinet meeting in 2015, but no agenda note was circulated. No sanction from the Lt Governor was taken for appointments in the FBU, it claimed.

According to its preliminary inquiry report, CBI said, “The Feedback Unit, in addition to collecting the mandated information, also collected political intelligence/intelligence qua miscellaneous issues.”

The CBI registered the preliminary inquiry on a reference from the Delhi government’s vigilance department, which had allegedly detected irregularities in the FBU.

Alina Khan

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