Key Points
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested by the CBI, is a man helming 18 portfolios in the Delhi government and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's most-trusted lieutenant..
"Dont think that if Manish chacha is going to jail, holidays in schools have started," Manish Sisodia, who is the education minister of Delhi, said in an emotional appeal to students ahead of his arrest on Sunday...
The performance of students from government schools in Delhi and the smart classrooms, which even parents who send their kids to private schools get a peek into while voting in schools turned into polling booths, are tom-tomed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) while seeking votes in other states...
That is why Manish Sisodia's arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday night is seen as a body blow not just for the Kejriwal-led Delhi government but for the Aam Aadmi Party and its aspirations for growth as an influential national player...
The political aspirations of the AAP could get stymied by Sisodia's arrest not only because of a dent in its corruption-free image but also because Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal might have to allott the departments that were being taken care of by Sisodia if he has to stay behind bars for a long time...
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