Manish Sisodia sends defamation notice to Parvesh Verma for accusing him of corruption

Slamming BJP leer Parvesh Verma for alleging corruption, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Friday has slapped a defamation tice for his 'corruption allegations'. tice claims that Verma kwingly me false and defamatory statements to harm Sisodia's reputation. He has demanded that BJP leer issue an apology to Sisodia and revoke his statements.

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Manish Sisodia breaks silence on arrest of OSD, says 'CBI should punish him severely'

Pravesh Verma alleges Sisodia's 'corrupt' involvement

After arrest of Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Sisodia - Gopal Krishna Mhav, BJP leer Parvesh Verma alleged that Mhav's corruption extended to Sisodia. Alleging that Sisodia was involved in bribery charges slapped on Mhav, he said that Sisodia was using money to fund Shaheen Bagh. Delhi is set to go to polls on February 8.

"OSD is just a name. His owner is our deputy CM Manish Sisodia. All this money goes into his pocket, which he n uses to feed biryanis to Shaheen Bagh," he said at a press conference.

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Arrest of OSD, Sisodia's reaction

In a late-night operation on Thursday, Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Gopal Krishna Mhav, a Delhi government official who was working as OSD to Sisodia. As per sources, he was caught red-handed while receiving a bribe worth Rs.2,00,000 to settle a matter related to Goods and Services Tax. During questioning, PTI sources also revealed that involvement of Delhi Deputy CM h surfaced so far.

In response, Sisodia ackwledged that arrested person worked as his OSD. He called for strictest punishment to be meted out to Mhav. Moreover, he claimed that he h helped arrest many corrupt officers in last 5 years.

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Pravesh Verma's controversial statements

During his campaign, West Delhi MP h said, "Lakhs of people gar at Shaheen Bagh. People of Delhi will have to think and make a decision. y will enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters, kill m. re is time today, Modi Ji and Amit Shah won't come to save you tomorrow..." Varma h also taken a jibe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and called him a "terrorist," in an interview with a news channel. Following this, EC slapped a 96-hour campaign ban on him.

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