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Who is Manish Sisodia

A senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Manish Sisodia is the deputy chief minister of Delhi in the Arvind Kejriwal-led government. Sisodia is in charge of several important departments — finance, education, planning, urban development, revenue, services, local bodies, land & buildings, higher education, training & technical education, vigilance, cooperative societies, information technology, and information & publicity. Importantly, he supervises all departments that have not been allotted to any other minister and is considered the architect of the AAP initiative of overhauling the education system in Delhi government schools.
 
Before joining the AAP, Sisodia worked as a journalist with Zee News and All India Radio from 1996 to 2005. He later quit journalism to take part in the agitation for Right to Information (RTI) and played a significant role in laying the foundation for the Jan Lokpal movement, led by Anna Hazare. In 2006, Sisodia founded the Public Cause Research Foundation along with Kejriwal.
 
In 2012, he became a member of the political affairs committee and a year later he was elected as a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Nakul Bhardwaj by 11,478 votes. In the 2015 Delhi elections, which was swept by the AAP with a win in 67 of the 70 constituencies, Sisodia was re-elected to the Delhi Assembly from Patparganj in East Delhi, beating the BJP’s Vinod Kumar Binny by over 24,000 votes. Sisodia previously established a non-governmental organisation ‘Kabir’ in Delhi to spread awareness about RTI also became an active volunteer of NGO Parivartan.
 
One of the oldest associates of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sisodia holds a diploma in journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Both he and Kejriwal are the founding members of the AAP.

In 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he again defeated Ravinder Singh Negi, a BJP candidate by over 3,000 votes.

Latest Updates on Manish Sisodia

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said it has collected more than 10 lakh signatures during its door-to-door campaign against the arrests of its leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain.

Updated On: 10 Apr 2023 | 2:01 PM IST

Corrupt leaders don't go visiting schools for inspection at 6 am, he said

Updated On: 08 Apr 2023 | 3:01 PM IST

Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Friday directed the officials to initiate action against private schools that allegedly forced parents of students to buy expensive books

Updated On: 07 Apr 2023 | 4:22 PM IST

Liquor shops in Delhi have limited stocking space, and a low number of shops in the city naturally means a low total stock holding

Updated On: 07 Apr 2023 | 2:55 PM IST

Jailed AAP leader Manish Sisodia has written a letter addressing the people of the country, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not understand the importance of education

Updated On: 07 Apr 2023 | 10:30 AM IST

Sisodia has already been interrogated for the purposes of investigation and his continued incarceration is not required, the plea stated

Updated On: 06 Apr 2023 | 5:47 PM IST

The central probe agency had sought the extension of Sisodia's custody as the investigation is at a crucial stage

Updated On: 05 Apr 2023 | 11:40 PM IST

The ED on Wednesday opposed bail plea of former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and said that agency is in process of gathering some fresh evidence

Updated On: 05 Apr 2023 | 7:01 PM IST

Sisodia was produced before special judge MK Nagpal, who extended his judicial custody by 14 days following a prayer by the federal agency

Updated On: 03 Apr 2023 | 4:59 PM IST

He observed that the payment of advance kickbacks of around Rs 90-100 crore was meant for him and his other colleagues in the AAP government

Updated On: 03 Apr 2023 | 10:04 PM IST

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Updated On: 03 Apr 2023 | 10:48 PM IST

A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a bail plea of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case lodged by the CBI

Updated On: 31 Mar 2023 | 4:29 PM IST

In a latest development in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was on Tuesday grilling Devendra Sharma, the personal assistant (PA) to Manish Sisodia

Updated On: 28 Mar 2023 | 2:18 PM IST

Special Judge MK Nagpal adjourned the hearing after Sisodia's counsel sought more time to prepare a detailed response to ED's submission on the bail plea

Updated On: 25 Mar 2023 | 10:28 PM IST

Special Judge M K Nagpal sent the senior AAP leader to jail till April 5 after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) produced him on conclusion of his custodial interrogation in the matter

Updated On: 22 Mar 2023 | 2:57 PM IST

Sisodia, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case, had been presenting the AAP government's budget ever since the party came to power in Delhi

Updated On: 22 Mar 2023 | 12:05 PM IST

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Updated On: 22 Mar 2023 | 9:40 PM IST

Manish Sisodia on Tuesday told a Delhi court he has cooperated with the CBI investigation into the excise scam case and none of the searches have revealed any incriminating material against him.

Updated On: 21 Mar 2023 | 11:25 PM IST

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Updated On: 21 Mar 2023 | 11:01 PM IST

The court on Monday extended the judicial custody of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader for further 14 days, in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case

Updated On: 21 Mar 2023 | 8:57 AM IST