Will pursue corruption charges against Sheila, Mukesh Ambani: Manish Sisodia

NEW DELHI: Delhi's AAP government, to be sworn in on Saturday, will pursue allegations of corruption against ex-chief minister Sheila Dikshit, industrialist Mukesh Ambani and others, deputy chief minister-designate Manish Sisodia said on Friday.
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All the cases that were registered last year during Kejriwal government's 49-day stint "will be pursued", he told in an exclusive interview here.
Sisodia, who had been asked whether the FIRs lodged by the AAP government last year against Mukesh Ambani, the then petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily as also allegations against Dikshit would be pursued, responded "yes, definitely".
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The then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had ordered filing of an FIR on February 11 last year against Moily, his predecessor Murli Deora, who is dead now, and RIL chief Mukesh Ambani for alleged collusion in hike of prices in natural gas from the KG basin.
The then AAP government had also ordered a probe into street light purchase scam during the Commonwealth Games of 2010 in which Dikshit's role had come under the scanner.

CM-designate Arvind Kejriwal (R) with deputy CM-designate Manish Sisodia.