AAP’s Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain summoned in construction scam case

The Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Delhi government on Tuesday summoned Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in connection with an alleged scam in the construction of schools and classrooms in the national capital, The Indian Express reported.

On April 30, the anti-corruption branch had filed a case against Sisodia and Jain in the alleged scam, which pertains to the construction of 12,748 classrooms in Delhi government schools at an inflated cost.

While Jain was summoned on June 6, Sisodia was asked to visit the bureau office on June 9, India Today reported.

After the summonses were issued, AAP said that the alleged scam was a “calculated political ploy” by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

“They are weaponising institutions to attack AAP leaders and create a false narrative,” The Indian Express quoted the party as saying. “When the Aam Aadmi Party held power in Delhi, the BJP systematically defanged the ACB [Anti-Corruption Bureau] to strip it of any real authority.”

The BJP was “using the same weakened institution as a tool to target AAP leaders and further their own agenda”, the statement added.

In 2019, BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Harish Khurana and Neelkant Bakshi had filed a complaint claiming that there were financial irregularities in the construction of classrooms in government schools in three zones of the national capital, according to...

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