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More trouble for AAP! President okays FIR against Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain in ₹1,300 crore classroom scam
- President has approved the registration of FIRs against AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain in alleged ₹1,300 crore classroom scam
In a move that could spell trouble for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), President Droupadi Murmu has approved the registration of FIRs against Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in connection with the alleged ₹1,300 crore classroom scam, according to the sources quoted by PTI.
The scam pertains to a scam in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools during their tenure as ministers when the AAP was in power in the national capital. In July 2019, BJP leader Harish Khurana and then AAP rebel MLA Kapil Mishra, now a minister in the Delhi government, lodged a police complaint about the alleged scam.
In 2022, the Delhi government's vigilance directorate recommended a probe into the alleged scam and submitted a report to the chief secretary. Also Read | Liquor wholesalers posing as retailers? CAG report unveils ‘preferential’ licensing by AAP in alleged Delhi excise scam
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), in a report dated February 17, 2020, highlighted “glaring irregularities” in the construction of over 2,400 classrooms in Delhi government schools by the Public Works Department (PWD).
As the President approved registration of FIRs, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia said he will not bow down no matter how many cases the BJP-led central government files against him, hours after the President approved registration of an FIR against him in a ₹1,300-crore classroom scam.
In a statement, Manish Sisodia said, “It has come to my attention that the central government has filed an FIR against me and Satyendar Jain regarding the construction of school buildings and classrooms.”
“I want to tell the BJP and the central government that file as many cases as you want. Whether it is against me, Satyendar Jain, Atishi, Arvind Kejriwal, or any other AAP leader, we will not bow down before the BJP,” the former education minister said.
(With agency inputs)
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First Published:13 Mar 2025, 07:27 PM IST
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