Arrested former minister Manish Sisodia has been requested to vacate his official bungalow.

New Delhi:

Amid the controversy over the alleged leak of the allotment of the official residence of former minister Manish Sisodia to Delhi Education minister Atishi, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Friday hit out at Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena saying that he has an obsessive publicity dysfunction and has no work aside from to spew malice towards the AAP.

“He is insulting the dignity of a constitutional office by leaking news to the media like this. It is ironic that a person, who the whole country saw in a viral clip assaulting a woman activist like a street thug, is leaking privileged information to the media,” the AAP mentioned in a press release, launching a scathing assault on the L-G.

The AAP claimed that regulation and conference mandate {that a} minister, on resigning from his or her workplace, is certain to vacate his official residence.

“As far as the order regarding the former Deputy CM’s residence is concerned, there is a law which says that a minister, on resigning his or her office, has to vacate his official or government residence within 15 days,” the AAP mentioned.

Further, in accordance with the ruling social gathering within the nationwide capital, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the order to this impact was issued in compliance with the regulation.

“The Aam Aadmi Party unequivocally reaffirms that not only CM Arvind Kejriwal but the whole country stands behind Manish Sisodia. The whole country is in awe of his work in education, the party said in its statement.

Further, invoking the arrest of Mr Sisodia in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, which it called “unjustified”, the party stated, “The AAP has been working a signature marketing campaign throughout Delhi and the nation and we’ve seen that everybody feels that Manish Sisodia’s arrest is unjustified.”

Earlier, on March 9, in a transfer necessitated by the resignation of arrested ministers Sisodia and Satyendar Jain within the liquor coverage and cash laundering circumstances respectively, AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj had been sworn in as ministers within the Delhi cupboard.

Mr Sisodia was arrested by the CBI within the liquor coverage case on February 26 and was despatched to 14-day judicial custody on March 6.

Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court not too long ago despatched him to judicial custody until March 20.

Atishi was allotted Education, PWD, Power and Tourism portfolios after being sworn in as a minister whereas Bharadwaj was entrusted with Health, Water and Industries and Urban Development. They had been administered the oath of workplace by L-G Saxena.

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