BJP accuses AAP of paying NYT to feature Sisodia on front page, AAP denies

Delhi, August 20th, 2022: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was featured on the front page of America’s largest newspaper, The New York Times, on August 18th, for his educational reforms and continuous efforts to provide quality education in the country.

Incidentally, on the same day, Sisodia’s residence was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy.

Several AAP leaders including Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM, Bhagwant Mann took a stand for Sisodia and said that the raid would be futile. They further lauded him for his efforts and called him the best education minister of the country after Independence.

However, BJP on Friday accused the Aam Aadmi Party of paying the NYT to spotlight Sisodia in their paper, an allegation that the Kejriwal-led party labeled as “outrightly funny and stupid”.

Addressing the media, BJP leader Parvesh Varma held up the New York Times and the Khaleej Times and said: “This is a photo of both the newspapers. Both the newspapers have one reporter, the article is the same, word-to-word, and the same six pictures are in both. Does that ever happen?’

AAP member, Saurabh Bharadwaj ridiculed their claims and said that Khaleej Times had clearly credited the NYT for the article and hence their claims and baseless and false.