New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia in Delhi excise policy case. Sisodia would walk out of the prison after 17 months on Saturday.
The development has brought joy to AAP and its leaders and many took to social media to express their happiness.
The official X handle of AAP posted an update which began with “Satyamev Jayate”.
‘Sisodia broke a web of lies and conspiracies’
“The prayers of the people of Delhi were successful, the father of education revolution will come out of jail after 1.5 years after breaking the web of lies and conspiracies,” read their post in Hindi.
While thanking the Supreme Court, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said, “This is the victory of truth. As I have said earlier, there is no truth/evidence in this case. Our leaders were forcibly put in jail. Manish Sisodia was kept in jail for 17 months.”
Singh also said the development is a “slap on the dictatorship of the central government”, adding, “I pray to God that Arvind Kejriwal and Satyendra Jain also come out of jail soon.”
‘Sisodia’s crime was that he gave a better future to the children’
Delhi minister Atishi while reacting to the news wrote “Satyamev Jayate” on her X handle.
Another AAP Rajya Sabha MP, Raghav Chadha too welcomed the SC order.
“The whole country is happy today as Manish Sisodia, the hero of Delhi education revolution, got bail. I express my gratitude to the Honorable Supreme Court from the bottom of my heart.
“Manish ji was kept behind the bars for 530 days. His crime was that he gave a better future to the children of the poor.
“Dear children, your Manish uncle is coming back,” he wrote on X with pics of Sisodia with kids.