Manish Sisodia

Manish Sisodia (born 5 January 1972) is an Indian politician and journalist who served as the 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi from 2015 to 2023. He resigned following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation, on corruption charges based on liquor scam. He represents the Patparganj constituency in Delhi Legislative Assembly since 2015 and from 2013 to 2014. He was previously a cabinet minister in the Government of the NCT of Delhi between December 2013 and February 2014.Sisodia was a social activist and journalist. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and is also a founding member of AAP. Sisodia has written a book called 'Shiksha: My Experiments as an Education Minister', which chronicles the journey of education reforms in Delhi as being claimed by his party and has received wide acclaim for its practical insights on education transformation.