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Topic: Delhi excise policy

Excise Policy or the Delhi Government Excise policy was introduced in November 2021 by the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government. It aimed at modernizing alcohol sales in the city by allowing the setting up of a large number of private retail stores selling alcohol.

Within a year of the introduction of the policy, discrepancies were reported. Delhi’s Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar reported a breach in the policy to Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Vinai Kumar Saxena, who then requested a CBI inquiry. It was alleged that the policy had loopholes that allowed for violations such as preferential treatment, discounts, license fee waivers, and relief during pandemic disruptions in exchange for kickbacks to the AAP politicians. The ED has arrested several AAP leaders, including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.

ED gets 7-day custody of Manish Sisodia, ‘can’t trace single penny to him,’ argues defence

ThePrint Team -
The former Delhi deputy CM is presently in Tihar jail on a CBI FIR. His bail hearing has been posted for 21 March. While in CBI custody, Sisodia was re-arrested by the ED Thursday.

President accepts resignation of jailed Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain

ThePrint Team -
Droupadi Murmu also appointed MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj as ministers in Arvind Kejriwal’s cabinet.

Delhi court sends former deputy CM Manish Sisodia to jail till 20 March in liquor case

ThePrint Team -
The Aam Aadmi Party leader was in CBI custody ever since his arrest last Sunday, but has now been transferred to jail.

8 Opposition parties write to Modi on Sisodia’s arrest, ‘misuse of central agencies’. Congress silent

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Letter, signed by 9 leaders of 8 parties, says India seems to have transitioned from ‘democracy to autocracy’ and questions lack of action against Adani Group following Hindenburg report.

FIR filed after ‘I Love Manish Sisodia’ poster found at a Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Delhi

ANI -
The FIR stated that the 'glorification' of AAP leader Sisodia, arrested by the CBI in the Delhi Excise policy scam, is like 'making a mockery of the Constitution.'

Manish Sisodia gets TV channels’ sympathy but AAP’s defence of excise policy yet to be heard

Shailaja Bajpai -
AAP and Manish Sisodia received plenty of mileage across TV new channels. And that's where the problem began.

BJP is turning Indians indifferent and sceptical toward corruption

Vir Sanghvi -
When Indians see opposition leaders being raided and arrested such as Manish Sisodia was recently, they know this is just political warfare, not a blow for integrity in public life.

Don’t give clean chit to Sisodia but see the timing. A national scandal is being covered

+TFP Yogendra Yadav -
AAP cries wolf against the central government all the time. But we must remain alert when the wolf actually arrives.

Arrested Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia, Satyender Jain quit state cabinet

ThePrint Team -
Sisodia was arrested on 26 February in the Delhi liquor policy scam while Jain was taken into custody last May for alleged money-laundering.

Liquor scam: No SC relief for arrested Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, told to move high court

ThePrint Team -
A Delhi court had on Monday handed the probe agency five-day custody of the deputy chief minister. The CBI arrested Sisodia the evening before for his alleged role in the 2021-22 liquor policy.
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