Citing the AAP leader’s affidavit filed in Jangpura Assembly constituency, the BJP questioned former Delhi deputy chief minister and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia who sent his son for higher education in Canada by taking personal education loans of Rs 1.54 crore in his wife’s name. The loan has been given to Sisodia’s home-maker wife by three individuals -- Romesh Chander Mittal, Guneet Arora and Deepali. Sisodia has declared the educational loan in the name of his wife Seema, who has multiple sclerosis, and needs care.
The affidavit identifies his son Meer Sisodia as a dependent and gives details of Scotiabank, 392 Bay Street, Toronto, where the AAP leader has opened three separate accounts to park funds for his son’s education. The affidavit also shows foreign exchange assets of about Canadian $3,980 (Rs 2.4 lakh) in the foreign bank.
Leaders in the BJP are now raising questions on the terms on which Sisodia, an accused in the excise policy case out on bail, has taken personal loans of Rs 1.54 crore, considering that he has declared his family’s total assets to be worth only Rs 57 lakh.
The BJP asked why the former education minister of Delhi didn't send his son to any government school in the national capital, which AAP claims to have revolutionised in the last decade. BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya criticized the AAP leader’s actions, suggesting that the party’s claims to be champions of education were not reflected in Sisodia’s personal decisions. “Not only this, Manish Sisodia took a loan of Rs 1.5 crore for his son’s education, but not from a bank, but from individuals. Why so? All the leaders and ministers of AAP are hypocrites. They only do politics in the name of students but do nothing for them,” Malviya stated.
Sisodia’s affidavit also mentions his sources of income as salary from ministry, house property and author royalty. His wife’s income has been mentioned as rental.