India
The Centre-AAP tussle continues, now over a new issue.
Updated : Jun 26, 2016, 10:58 AM IST
After the president of the Ghazipur Vegetable Market Association submitted a complaint against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, accusing him of intimidating the businessmen during his official visit there, Sisodia, in a sign of protest, said he would march to the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and surrender himself on Sunday.
Sisodia said that PM Modi should arrest him but not stop the government's work for Delhi. "We are going to 7 RCR to surrender before PM today," he said.
We are going to 7 RCR to surrender before PM today: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on complaint against him pic.twitter.com/yVPDLZNGLB
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 26, 2016
ahi kehna hai PM se ki aap Delhi ke kaam mat rokiye, aapki dushmani humse hai humein giraftaar kariye-Manish Sisodia pic.twitter.com/AnVJCuCyBt
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 26, 2016
"Complaint filed against Manish Sisodia yesterday. Manish will go to 7, RCR today to surrender himself before PM," Kejriwal too tweeted this morning with a copy of the complaint filed against Sisodia.
However, the Delhi Deputy CM and AAP MLAs were stopped by police near Tughlaq Road, on their way to 7 RCR. ANI reported that Section 144 was imposed at 7 RCR and that Race Course metro station had been closed.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia & AAP MLAs stopped by police near Tughlaq Road, on their way to 7 RCR pic.twitter.com/u71Yd929Hb
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 26, 2016
After the complaint was filed yesterday, Sisodia, quickly turned to Twitter to stating that the Prime Minister may turn the complaint into a case of extortion, violence and molestation and use it as an excuse to arrest him. He also alleged that the people who filed the complaint were indulging in illegal activities in the market, where he had gone for a surprise inspection.
SBK Singh, Special Commissioners (Law & Order), however, said that no police action has been initiated yet regarding this complaint. "Ghazipur Vegetable Market Association yesterday gave a letter at Ghazipur police station saying that that Manish Sisodia adopted a dictatorial attitude on hearing their grievances during his visit at Gazipur Mandi, said Singh.
According to reports, the police had said earlier that they have received a complaint from the president Surender Goswami, but no FIR would be registered as no cognizable offence was committed by Sisodia.