AAP's Atishi Crashes On Camera During Speech Following Manish Sisodia's Bail

New Delhi: In response to the Supreme Court's decision to give bail to Manish Sisodia, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, in the liquor policy case, Atishi, the minister of education for Delhi and leader of the AAP, broke down in tears today. 
Speaking at a school in the nation's capital, Atishi declared, "Today, the students of Delhi have triumphed; the truth has won. He was imprisoned for giving underprivileged kids a quality education."

Leaders of the AAP referred to today's Supreme Court decision as a "victory of truth". Almost eighteen months after his detention in the liquor policy case, Mr. Sisodia was given bail. Judges BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan of the Supreme Court ruled that it would be a "travesty of justice" to uphold Mr. Sisodia's incarceration without significant progress in the trial.

Atishi continued, "This is the victory of truth." "He was connected to a fraudulent case. He offered Delhi's children hope for a prosperous future. We are content right now and are hoping that Delhi's well-liked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will follow suit. The people of Delhi have triumphed with this."

Mr. Sisodia has been at the center of a scandal concerning the now-canceled Delhi excise policy 2021–22 since his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 of last year. On March 9, 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained him in relation to a money laundering case that was the result of the CBI's First Information Report (FIR). Mr. Sisodia left his second ministerial position days later on February 28, 2023.

Arvind Kejriwal is one of several prominent people who have been arrested in connection with the case's judicial battle. A Delhi court on Thursday extended Mr. Kejriwal's judicial detention until August 20 in connection with the current Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) corruption investigation. Following Mr. Kejriwal's video conference appearance before the court, Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who presided over the case, decided to prolong his custody.

While in judicial custody at Tihar Jail, where he was being held in connection with a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mr. Kejriwal, 55, was first arrested by the CBI on June 26. On March 21, the ED had already arrested him.

Although the Supreme Court granted temporary bail in the ED case on July 12, Mr Kejriwal remains in Tihar Jail as he has yet to furnish the required bail bond.