Anurag Thakur also said that there was corruption and nepotism during the Congress government. (File)
Udhampur:
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday launched scathing attacks on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying the latter is in jail because there is no one left who has not been cheated by Kejriwal.
Addressing a public meeting today, Anurag Thakur said there was corruption and nepotism during the Congress government.
“You have to start telling people what the Narendra Modi government has done. There was corruption and nepotism during the Congress government. 2G scam, CWG, coal, National Herald and submarine scam. But Prime Minister Modi had said, ‘Na khaunga, na Khane Dunga’. Today, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have come together,” he said.
“I want to ask you whether action should be taken against corrupt people or not,” he added.
Furthermore, Anurag Thakur pointed out that Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi are out on bail today. Fodder scammer Lalu Yadav has been released on bail. Corrupt Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Satyendra Jain are in jail.
“Arvind Kejriwal is in jail today because “Aisa Koi saga nahi, jisko Kejriwal ne thaga nahi.” (There is no one left who has not been cheated by Kejriwal). More than Rs 100 crore bribe was involved in the liquor scam. The kingpin of the scam is Kejriwal. Is he above the law? The people of Delhi are demanding a bill today,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sunita, wife of jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday said her husband, who is in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged excise fraud, will reveal the truth about the case in the court. 28th of March.
Arvind Kejriwal will appear before the court on Thursday at the end of his custody in the Delhi excise laundering case.
In a video message, Sunita Kejriwal hit out at the Center and the Central Bureau of Investigation, saying the ED could not find a single penny in the over 250 raids conducted under the “so-called liquor scam”.
“ED has conducted more than 250 raids in the so-called liquor scam. They are looking for the money from this so-called scam. They haven’t found anything yet. Arvind Kejriwal has said that he will reveal everything in court on March 28. He will reveal where the money from the liquor scam is. He will also provide evidence…” she said.
The National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party was arrested on March 21 for alleged misdeeds in the now-dropped Delhi Excise Policy case under an ongoing money laundering probe by the ED. He is in custody until March 28.
The case pertains to alleged irregularities and money laundering in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy in Delhi 2022. In its first chargesheet filed in the prosecution, filed in November 2021, the ED stated that the policy was deliberately designed with loopholes into law, facilitating the formation of clandestine cartels. to favor AAP leaders.
Moreover, the ED accused the AAP leaders of receiving kickbacks from a group of individuals called the ‘South Group’.
The case arose out of a report presented by Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena in July 2022, which highlighted alleged procedural lapses in the development of the policy.
The report said that “arbitrary and unilateral decisions” taken by Sisodia in his capacity as Excise Minister had resulted in “financial losses to the exchequer” estimated at over Rs 580 crore. This report was referred to the CBI and led to Sisodia’s arrest.
Though Arvind Kejriwal was not named in the FIRs registered by the ED or the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Delhi excise case, his name was mentioned for the first time in the ED’s chargesheet, in which the agency claimed that he had allegedly talked to one of the main agents. suspect, Sameer Mahendru, in a video call and asked him to continue working with co-accused and AAP communications officer Vijay Nair.
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