‘Person like Manish Sisodia should get Bharat Ratna’: Arvind Kejriwal

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
22:
Delhi
Chief
Minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
on
Monday
hit
out
at
the
central
government
over
the
CBI
action
against
Manish
Sisodia
and
said
that
the
Delhi
education
minister
should
be
given
Bharat
Ratna
for
for
reforms
in
education
sector
in
the
national
capital.

Addressing
a
press
conference
in
Gujarat,
Kejriwal
said
“He
(Manish
Sisodia)
reformed
govt
schools
which
other
parties
could
not
do
in
70
years.
Such
a
person
should
get
Bharat
Ratna.
The
entire
country’s
education
system
should
be
handed
over
to
him,
but
instead,
they
conducted
CBI
raids
on
him.”

Earlier,
Sisodia
claimed
that
he
was
approached
by
the
BJP
to
join
the
saffron
party.

“I
have
received
a
message
from
the
BJP
to
split
the
AAP
and
join
them.
They
said
all
CBI
and
ED
cases
would
be
closed
if
I
did
that.
My
answer
to
the
BJP
is
—
I
am
a
descendant
of
Maharana
Pratap.
I
am
a
Rajput.
I
am
willing
to
get
my
head
severed
but
I
will
not
bow
before
corrupt,
conspiratorial
people.
All
cases
against
me
are
a
lie.
Do
what
you
wish,”
Sisodia
tweeted.

Sisodia
alleges
BJP
invited
him
to
join
their
party,’will
close
all
CBI,
ED
cases’

However,
the
BJP
refuted
claims
that
it
offered
Delhi
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Manish
Sisodia
to
join
the
party.

The
BJP
and
AAP
have
been
engaged
in
a
war
of
words
ever
since
the
CBI
raided
21
locations,
including
Sisodia’s
house,
in
connection
with
the
FIR
in
the
liquor
scam
emanating
from
the
Delhi
excise
policy
that
was
implemented
from
November
17
last
year
but
withdrawn
recently
after
the
Delhi
L-G
recommended
a
CBI
probe
in
the
matter.