BJP MP Manoj Tiwari had complained about the situation, and Saxena had permitted the ACB to look into it. Sisodia referred to the complaint as frivolous and asserted that the L-G lacked the power to authorise the probe. Sisodia had written that "you are bulldozing the law simply to favour the BJP."
The projected price for the purchase was Rs. 16.51 crore.
The IMD said that the monsoon had arrived in the city on July 13—two weeks later than the "usual" date—delaying the start of the monsoon in the nation's capital last year. On June 25, 2020, it struck the city a day earlier.