Demand grows to extend liquor investigation to other states

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday described the Delhi Excise Policy Scam as an “open-and-shut case” and alleged that the policy was made to exploit money to “fight elections with Khalistani help”.
The BJP MP said that the AAP leaders should get “what they deserve.” “It was an open-and-shut case. They should get what they deserve. This is the 1st time in India that an Education Min will go to Tihar jail that too in liquor scam case.
The demand has grown up for the liquor probe in other states as well. Hitting out at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday demanded that the ambit of the ongoing CBI probe into the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam be extended to neighbouring Punjab, saying that the former was also the “architect” of Punjab’s excise policy.
The SAD leader’s remark comes a day after the special CBI court on Monday granted 5 days remand of Sisodia to the central probe agency till March 4, to interrogate him in connection with the excise policy case.
This policy was made to exploit money so they can fight elections with Khalistani’s help,” Gambhir said while speaking to a leading news agency He said that if Manish Sisodia, who is the Education Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government besides heading the Delhi government’s excise department, has opened schools and colleges, he should show it to the BJP.
Meanwhile, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh went on to say that a separate Enforcement Directorate inquiry should also be conducted into charges of money laundering in the matter.
“CBI should probe the role of senior officers and AAP politicians who colluded to give huge benefits to select liquor manufacturers at the cost of the State exchequer. A separate Enforcement Directorate inquiry should also be conducted to go into charges of money laundering,” Majithia tweeted.