Manish Sisodia Should Be Given Bharat Ratna, But…: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his deputy Manish Sisodia should be given the Bharat Ratna for improving the standard of education in Delhi schools but is being hounded by the Central government due to political motives.

Kejriwal, on his fifth visit in a month to poll-bound Gujarat, said, “The New York Times has lauded our education model. The entire country’s education system should be handed over to him, but instead, they conducted CBI raids on him.”

All this is being done in view of Gujarat Assembly elections, he said.

He also expressed apprehension that Mr. Sisodia may be arrested soon.

Earlier today, Sisodia, who is facing the heat in the excise policy alleged corruption case, alleged that he has been offered by the BJP that all CBI and ED cases against him will be closed if he agrees to cross over.

“I have received a message from the BJP – break AAP and join BJP, will get all CBI ED cases closed. My reply to BJP – I am a Rajput, a descendant of Maharana Pratap. I will cut off my head but will not bow down in front of the corrupt conspirators. All the cases against me are false. Do whatever you want to do,” Sisodia tweeted in Hindi.