Ultimately, the apprehensions of the Aam Aadmi Party leaders were proved correct and Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister of the Delhi government, was arrested. After Satyendra Jain, another trusted aide of Arvind Kejriwal in the form of Manish Sisodia has reached behind bars. Sisodia has been arrested on serious charges of criminal conspiracy. Getting bail in such cases is a difficult process. That is, like Satyendra Jain, Sisodia may also have to stay in jail for a long time. In such a situation, the big question is that what will be the strategy of Arvind Kejriwal after this?
The Aam Aadmi Party used to promote Delhi’s health and education model fiercely in its election meetings. Delhi government’s health model has already been questioned after the arrest of former health minister Satyendar Jain. Now after the arrest of Manish Sisodia, Arvind Kejriwal will not be able to capitalize on the education model of Delhi, because after doing so after the arrest of Sisodia, the image of the party can be affected.
In Manish Sisodia’s case, the confession of other co-accused before the magistrate has become a major reason for his arrest. The CBI has admitted that Sisodia himself was involved in hatching the entire conspiracy to increase the government’s tax from two per cent to 12 per cent in the liquor scam and extract crores of money from it illegally. If this allegation is proved in the court, then Sisodia can get stuck in legal trouble for a long time.
Kejriwal can get trapped
According to legal experts, Arvind Kejriwal has not yet been directly accused by the CBI in this case, but Kejriwal is the head of the Delhi government and he has the most important role in making the policies of the government, if an accused has If his name is also taken in the case, then his troubles can also increase.
The arrest could have happened only at the time of Gujarat elections.
According to Aam Aadmi Party sources, the central government had already prepared to arrest Manish Sisodia at the time of Gujarat elections, but it was apprehensive that arresting Sisodia during the elections would harm the Aam Aadmi Party in the Gujarat assembly elections. Along with this, playing the Victim card could have given political benefits in the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections as well. This is the reason why Sisodia was not arrested at that time. Now that there are no elections directly ahead, he was arrested.
How much is the apprehension of political gain?
Since, there is no election directly ahead at this time, Aam Aadmi Party cannot directly take political advantage of it, but the party was planning to enter the assembly elections of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh this year itself. Manish Sisodia was a very important member of Arvind Kejriwal’s think tank. It is believed that this may have an impact on the upcoming election preparations of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Question on education model after health model
Arvind Kejriwal used to capitalize on the Delhi government’s education model and health model during elections. He used to put Manish Sisodia at the forefront of the election campaigns of other states and take forward his party’s campaign with his help, but the health model of the Delhi government had come under question since the arrest of Satyendar Jain, now Manish Sisodia After the arrest, questions have also been raised on the education model. It is obvious that now if Arvind Kejriwal will give place to these leaders on his platform, then he will not get a better image among the public.
Aam Aadmi Party reacted
Aam Aadmi Party leaders including Arvind Kejriwal had started predicting Sisodia going to jail since Sunday morning. After Sisodia’s arrest, Aam Aadmi Party leaders held a press conference and said that this entire political drama is being created at the behest of BJP. Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said that no evidence has been found against Sisodia, but a drama is being done to detain him only on the basis of statements. He said that on the pretext of repeated questioning, a strategy has been prepared to keep Sisodia in jail for a long time.
Saurabh Bhardwaj said that BJP has no fear of Congress or Rahul Gandhi. BJP was scared only because of Arvind Kejriwal’s growing political influence. This is the reason that at the behest of BJP, efforts are being made to implicate Arvind Kejriwal. With the appearance of Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann at Manish Sisodia’s house, the Aam Aadmi Party has started preparing to take emotional advantage of it.
What did BJP say?
At the same time, the BJP has said that the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders should stop playing the victim card. BJP leader Sambit Patra said that Manish Sisodia has embezzled hundreds of crores of rupees from the people of Delhi. He did not answer questions to the BJP or the people of Delhi. But now he will have to answer these questions in front of the investigating agencies.