NEW DELHI: Setting the stage for a major escalation in the Centre-AAP face-off, lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Friday recommended a CBI investigation into Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 after the chief secretary in a report flagged alleged violations of various acts and rules besides "deliberate and gross procedural lapses" to provide "undue benefits" to liquor licensees.
The excise department is headed by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who also handles 17 other important portfolios, including home, finance, education, health, power, public works and water. Former Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain is already in judicial custody in an alleged money laundering case.
