Delhi Excise Policy case: Sambit Patra lashes out at Manish Sisodia, says 'he crushed phones to ERASE evidence'

Sambit Patra also claimed an advance payment of Rs 100 crore was taken from two businessmen who have been arrested

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New Delhi: Soon after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its manifesto for the upcoming civic body elections in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, November 11, 2022, launched another attack on the AAP over the controversial excise policy and said that the policy details were shared with the friends of Delhi minister Manish Sisodia.

शराब घोटाले में आरोपी नंबर 1 मनीष सिसोदिया एवं अन्य कई लोगों द्वारा डिजिटल साक्ष्य मिटाने के उद्देश्य से 140 मोबाइल फोन नष्ट किया गया है।

इतना ही नहीं मनीष सिसोदिया ने नई शराब नीति जारी करने से 1 महीने पहले ही अपने यारों/शराब माफियाओं के साथ नई शराब नीति की जानकारी लीक की थी। pic.twitter.com/wPaSV5YvVb

— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) November 11, 2022

"The excise policy was made public on July 5, 2021, but a copy of the policy was leaked on May 31, 2021, to the friends of Manish Sisodia that included manufacturers and cartels," BJP leader Sambi Patra claimed in a tweet on Friday.

Patra also claimed an advance payment of Rs 100 crore was taken from two businessmen who have been arrested. 

"Two businessmen were arrested in the case and advance payment worth Rs 100 crores were taken from these two businessmen, their companies," Patra said in another tweet.

नई शराब नीति के नाम पर अरविंद केजरीवाल और मनीष सिसोदिया द्वारा किए गया सबसे बड़ा शराब घोटाला इस बात का प्रमाण है कि देशभर में आम आदमी पार्टी की पहचान आज सबसे “कट्टर भ्रष्ट पार्टी” के रूप में हो चुकी है।#CorruptManish pic.twitter.com/NQtVoUvNLc — Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) November 11, 2022

"When the whole excise policy issue came as a scam, and a CBI probe was initiated, 140 mobile phones were changed by 34 people including accused number one Manish Sisodia. These phones were crushed to erase digital evidence," claimed the BJP leader. 

Sisodia has been made the prime accused in an FIR registered by CBI to probe alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the new state excise policy 2021-22.BJP`s allegations came at a time when the AAP started campaigning for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls.

The Election Commission has declared the date for Delhi civic body elections, and 250 seats of MCD will go to poll on December 4. The nomination process for the polls has also started. November 14 is the last date for nominations, and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is November 19.