'Politics Of Jail vs Politics Of Education': Arvind Kejriwal Shares Manish Sisodia's Open Letter From Jail

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday lashed out at the Centre after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Manish Sisodia in connection to the Delhi excise policy case. Former Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia was arrested for the second time after his initial arrest in the case by the CBI on February 26. The hearing for Sisodia's bail plea was scheduled to be for Friday (March 10).

Reacting to the recent developments in the case, Kejriwal took to Twitter and said, "First, Manish was arrested by the CBI. CBI did not find any evidence and no money was found during the raids. Tomorrow there is a bail hearing. He would have been released tomorrow. So ED arrested him today. They have only one aim -- to keep Manish inside at all costs by slapping false cases. People are watching. They will reply."

मनीष को पहले CBI ने गिरफ़्तार किया। CBI को कोई सबूत नहीं मिला, रेड में कोई पैसा नहीं मिला। कल बेल पर सुनवाई है। कल मनीष छूट जाते। तो आज ED ने गिरफ़्तार कर लिया। इनका एक ही मक़सद है - मनीष को हर हालत में अंदर रखना। रोज़ नये फ़र्ज़ी मामले बनाकर। जनता देख रही है। जनता जवाब देगी — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 9, 2023

Later, he also shared a letter that he claimed was written by Manish Sisodia from jail. 

मनीष सिसोदिया ने जेल से देश के नाम पत्र लिखा-

बीजेपी लोगों को जेल में डालने की राजनीति करती है, हम बच्चों को पढ़ाने की राजनीति कर रहे हैं। जेल भेजना आसान है, बच्चों को पढ़ाना बहुत मुश्किल। राष्ट्र शिक्षा से आगे बढ़ेगा, जेल भेजने से नहीं। pic.twitter.com/qVwOCrVLDR

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 9, 2023

Kejriwal shared a quote from the letter in Hindi that read, "BJP does politics of putting people in jail, we are doing politics of educating children. It is easy to send to jail, very difficult to teach children. The nation will progress through education, not by sending to jail."

Sisodia was arrested by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following his second round of questioning at the Tihar jail

Much like the CBI, the ED claimed that Sisodia was "evasive" in his replies during the questioning and was "not cooperating in the probe."

Sisodia was taken into judicial custody by the CBI on February 26 due to suspected involvement in corrupt practices related to the creation and execution of the Delhi liquor policy for 2021-22, which has since been cancelled.