Manish Sisodia Bail Live Updates: ‘SC used power of Constitution to trample dictatorship’, says Sisodia, day after being released from Tihar jail

AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was welcomed by his family at his residence. Sisodia walked out of Tihar jail today after the Supreme Court granted bail to him in cases registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy scam.

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AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia met the family of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at their residence. Sisodia walked out of Tihar jail today after the Supreme Court granted bail to him in cases registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy scam.

Former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia reached AAP leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence today post his release from Tihar jail after the Supreme Court granted bail to him in cases registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy scam. Thanking the Supreme Court post his release Sisodia said,” Only the Constitution can save a common man and this power of the Constitution will also ensure the release of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.”

When he walks out of Tihar jail after being imprisoned for a year and a half, Aam Aadmi Party’s Manish Sisodia will just be an MLA for the foreseeable future, according to government sources.

Having resigned from the post of deputy chief minister and his berth on the Delhi Cabinet days after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26, 2023, Sisodia cannot have any ministerial berth till the time he is sworn in again.

Sisodia, who was named as an accused in the first FIR filed by the CBI in the Delhi Excise Policy case in 2022, was first arrested by the CBI and then by the Enforcement Directorate two weeks later. Read more

"Aap sabko Azaad(free) Manish Sisodia ka namaskaar," said former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on release from Tihar jail after Supreme Court granted bail to him earlier in the day in cases registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy scam

"Every kid in Delhi schools was with me. I was constantly thinking about them for 17 months. I want to thank the Supreme Court. They've used the power of the constitution and slapped the dictators. I knew that if a dictatorial government would jail someone, the constitution would save them," said Sisodia.

"Only the Constitution saves a common man. This power of the Constitution will also ensure the release of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal," he said and added his wish to thank Abhishek Manu Singhvi personally.

Rain lashed parts of Delhi on Friday, causing waterlogging and traffic jams, with the weather office forecasting more rainfall during the next few hours.

Central, south and parts of north Delhi received rain during the evening.

The Met office forecast stated that moderate to heavy rainfall, accompanied by moderate thunderstorms and lightning, was likely to occur at Preet Vihar, ITO, Akshardham and other isolated places in the city during the next few hours.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature was expected to settle at 34 degrees Celsius.

The minimum temperature settled at 26.6 degrees Celsius.

The humidity level was recorded at 85 per cent, the IMD said. (PTI)

Rajya Sabha member from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Swati Maliwal on Friday made a strong case for setting up sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Delhi to help depollute the Yamuna as she accused the Delhi government of only making false promises to clean the river.

Raising the issue of pollution in the river during Zero Hour in the Upper House, she said people of the National Capital are lucky that Yamuna passes through the city, but the tragedy is that due to "our failure" the river has turned into a drain.

Maliwal said the Yamuna is worshipped since long, but today 22 drains empty in the river and 238 million gallon of untreated sewage is being dumped into it daily.

The situation is such that one sees more of poisonous foam floating on the river than water, she said.

The AAP MP further said only a small part of the river passes through Delhi but 76 per cent of it gets polluted in the stretch.

She said everyday factories are illegally discharging heavy metals and toxic chemicals in the river and there is no action.

Maliwal said that the Delhi government in 2021 had promised that it would make the Yamuna so clean before 2025 that one can even take a dip into it. (PTI)

Delhi Education Minister Atishi inaugurated a new school in Dwarka on Friday and broke into tears during the ceremony saying senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia who had laid its foundation has been granted bail on the same day.

Atishi, accompanied by other party leaders, inaugurated the new school built in Nasirpur area of Dwarka.

Opening her address with 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Inquilab Zindabad', Atishi said, "The school we are inaugurating today was a project initiated by Sisodia, and today, on the day of its inauguration, he has been granted bail." The Supreme Court granted bail to Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, noting that he has been in custody for 17 months.

"They kept him in jail for 17 months on false charges, and today he has been granted bail. Today is the day that the man behind Delhi's education revolution has been granted bail," Atishi said as she broke into tears on the stage.

The minister also alleged that he was sent to jail because he provided good education to children and allocated 25 per cent of the budget to education. (PTI)

Welcoming the Supreme Court granting bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia, BRS Working President K T Rama Rao on Friday hoped that "everybody else", including his sister and party MLC K Kavitha, would also get bail soon.

No person should be incarcerated beyond the date of chargesheet being filed, he said.

"It's a travesty because you know 16-18 months passed while a person is arrested, irrespective of who it is. Chief minister or deputy chief minister, whoever it is, no person should be incarcerated beyond the date of chargesheet being filed.

"Because, once the chargesheet is filed, there is nothing new to be done in the case. Because, whatever investigations have had to happen have happened. To incarcerate a person endlessly is certainly a breach of their freedom," Rama Rao told PTI videos here.

"We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court, and I do hope and pray that everybody else, including our leader Kavitha will also get bail soon," he said.

Kavitha was arrested by ED in March this year in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the scrapped Delhi excise policy. (PTI)

“Since last 18 months, a citizen of the country who has shown the politics of this country a path was put behind jail. Since day 1 we have been saying that this case has no proof…earlier too when we had approached the Supreme Court they had given extremely positive comments and they had said that trial should begin but the investigative agencies did not comply, for years he was put behind bars without proof or a trial, I don’t think that even terrorists like Kasab we treated this way…the ED, the CBI has been exposed today, these are useless departments that have been made in the made of investigation, agencies like this should be closed, they have stalled so many projects due to their baseless allegations,” addressing the press, AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak said.