Last Update: March 03, 2023, 18:39 IST
Meanwhile, senior AAP leaders shared messages written by students for Sisodia. (Photo: Twitter/@msisodia)
The Delhi government has denied the BJP’s allegation and said that there is no involvement of any government department or government employee in any such activity.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed that the Delhi government is going to set up ‘I love Manish Sisodia’ desks in government schools in support of the former deputy chief minister, who was arrested last week in the excise policy scam case.
Sisodia, who held 18 portfolios in the Delhi government including education, resigned from the cabinet following his arrest by the CBI in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-cancelled liquor policy for 2021-22.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said it was regrettable that even after Sisodia’s arrest, the Delhi government “isn’t stopping its dirty politics in the name of education and has now stooped to the extent of involving innocent school children”. “
However, the Delhi government has denied the allegation and said that there is no involvement of any government department or government employee in any such activity. It said, ‘This is only BJP’s agenda.’
The BJP leader claimed, “Under the patronage of the Delhi government, special ‘I love Manish Sisodia’ desks will be set up in government schools to forcibly garner support for Sisodia from students.”
“Delhi BJP strongly condemns this dirty politics of forcing school children to support Sisodia and urges that this ‘I love Manish Sisodia’ desk scheme should be stopped immediately,” he added.
Meanwhile, senior AAP leaders shared messages written by students for Sisodia.
Atishi, who will soon be inducted into the cabinet as a minister, shared pictures of the messages on Twitter. He said, “People of BJP: No matter how many false allegations you make, but you cannot shake the love that the children of Delhi have got for Manish Sisodia.”
Jasmin Shah also retweeted similar messages and said: “Wow… Delhi kids showing unprecedented love for their darlings. Education minister with messages of #ILoveManishSisodia.” Kapoor, however, urged Delhi LG VK Saxena in a tweet to stop the campaign.
In another tweet, the BJP leader tagged NCPCR president Priyank Kanungo and alleged that parents were being pressurized by AAP to write such messages for Sisodia. “@NCPCR_ & @KanoongoPriyank ji please see how shamelessly AAP is campaigning for Manish Sisodia by pressurizing government school students. Parents are being pressurized to write letters, otherwise they will fail in the examination.
Meanwhile, Manish Sisodia, arrested last month in an alleged liquor scam, on Friday moved the Rouse Avenue Court for bail.
(With PTI inputs)
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