Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut on Monday (February 27) hit out at the central government over the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, asking if the BJP only had ‘saints’ and ‘mahatmas’. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Raut alleged that the Center was trying to silence the opposition by misusing various agencies to send opposition leaders to jail or force them to surrender.
Raut said, “The action against Sisodia shows that the Center is trying to silence the opposition. We will stand by him (Sisodia). Be it Maharashtra, Jharkhand or Delhi, the Center will send opposition leaders to the ED and Misusing CBI.” jail or force them to surrender.”
“This is happening again and again. Be it Sisodia, Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh or me. Are there saints and mahatmas in the BJP?” Raut asked a question. “What about the ongoing cases against their leaders? Everyone knows who looted the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)… The whole country is asking questions to the government but the Prime Minister is asking questions,” he said. are doing.” Shut up,” Raut said.
you are giving your support to the leaders in After Sisodia’s arrestRaut said, “No matter how much repression you do, we will keep fighting. Our party stands with Kejriwal and Sisodia.”
“All these decisions are being taken because of one person. These are not cabinet decisions. If any opposition leader asks questions, he is put behind bars,” he said.
CBI arrested Sisodia on Sunday delhi liquor scamShortly before reaching the CBI office for questioning after eight hours of questioning, the deputy chief minister said false cases were being filed against leaders of the ruling party because Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “scared” of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.