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Manish Sisodia Says Filing Cases Against Rivals Sign Of A Cowardly Person

The home ministry said the sanction to prosecute Sisodia was granted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

<div class="paragraphs"><p>Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia (Source: Screengrab from video on Sisodia's official Twitter handle)</p></div>
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia (Source: Screengrab from video on Sisodia's official Twitter handle)

The more AAP will grow, the more cases will be filed against its leaders, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday after the Ministry of Home Affairs granted sanction to the CBI to prosecute him in a case of alleged collection of 'political intelligence'.

In a communication to the principal secretary to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, the home ministry said the sanction to prosecute Sisodia was granted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

"Filing false cases against one's rivals is a sign of a weak and cowardly person. The more AAP will grow, the more cases will be filed against us," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

Early this month, the CBI had said it found in its preliminary inquiry that the feedback unit set up by the Delhi government to check corruption allegedly collected 'political intelligence' and the agency recommended that an FIR be registered against Sisodia.