New Delhi: Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, was detained by the CBI on Sunday on charges of corruption related to the city's now-defunct excise policy on the sale of alcohol. This development has the potential to throw the nation's capital into chaos and deepen the chasm between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP-led Central government.
With the arrest of Delhi's former health minister, Satyendar Jain, in June of last year, Sisodia's is one of the most high-profile steps taken against an opposition politician. The Aam Aadmi Party credits the popularity and sustained electoral success of its leaders, including both ministers, with the remarkable reform of Delhi's education and health systems.
Without them, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would have no one to help push through his policy agenda.—Inputs from Agencies