AAP’s Sisodia has been arrested to divert attention from the Adani issue: Tejashwi Yadav

As the date of election will come near, they will take more such action against several other leaders of the opposition, RJD leader alleged

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Monday attacked the Narendra Modi government over the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a corruption case related to the excise policy.

Mr. Yadav accused the Centre of arresting Mr. Sisodia to “divert the real issue of Gautam Adani”.

“The entire country knows very well why he [Manish Sisodia] has been arrested. It has been done with the motive to divert the real issue of Gautam Adani. There was continuous demand for a probe in the Parliament [into the Adani Group] and now that issue is gone,” Mr. Yadav said. He spoke to mediapersons at the Bihar Assembly’s portico on the first day of the Budget session.

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Opposition leaders have been demanding a probe either by a Joint Parliamentary Committee or monitored by the Chief Justice of India into alleged financial fraud by the Adani Group.

Mr. Yadav further alleged that the Modi government deployed Central agencies to harass Opposition leaders.

“I have been telling this since day one that how these people [the Union government] use Central agencies to harass opposition leaders. You should not wonder about the arrest because the government at the Centre has been doing such things for a long time. As the date of election will come near, they will take more such action against several other leaders of the opposition,” Mr. Yadav alleged.