Manish Sisodia and Saumya Jain come under CBI scanner, AAP sees red

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On the lines of the Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last year held interactive sessions with people through social media, phone calls and text messages, calling it the ‘Talk to AK’ initiative. But the initiative came under the scanner after the then finance principal secretary, Dharmendra Kumar, objected to the process of hiring an advertising agency to promote the programme.

The Vigilance Department complaint too flagged the issue. The complaint alleged that a consultant of a well-known public relations company was hired by the Delhi government to promote the ‘Talk to AK’ campaign and a proposal of Rs 1.5 crore was prepared for this purpose.

It alleged that despite objections from the Principal Secretary, the government went ahead with the proposal and the consultant spent the money, thereby creating a liability for the government. Official sources said the CBI is looking into the alleged role of Sisodia and others in the case.

In response to the development, Sisodia tweeted, “Welcome Modiji. Take the challenge. I will wait for your CBI at my home and office tomorrow morning.” Kejriwal too reacted once again calling the PM a “coward”. He tweeted, “Wow Modiji! You take bribe and register cases against us… This is why I call you a coward… When you are losing Goa and Punjab, you have started the CBI game… ”