Sisodia meets Sitharaman, demands Delhi’s share in Central taxes

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday. Tweeting pictures from their meeting, Sisodia wrote that he has demanded Delhi's share in Central taxes from her.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and demanded Delhi’s share in central taxes, which he said would help speed up cleaning the Yamuna and make arrangements for sufficient electricity and water supply in the city.

Taking to Twitter, Manish Sisodia, who also holds the finance portfolio in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, said that Delhi has not been given any share in central taxes since 2001.

In the meeting, Manish Sisodia also demanded funds for all the three municipal corporations in Delhi, the same way as Centre gives money to civic bodies in other states.

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