ED despatched to Chhattisgarh to destabilise govt, raids politically motivated, alleges CM Baghel

By PTI

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday dubbed the ED’s raids within the state as “politically motivated” and alleged that because the BJP couldn’t even make any try and topple his authorities, efforts have been now on to destabilise it via the misuse of the central company.

He additionally mentioned that regardless of finishing up raids at a number of areas in Chhattisgarh within the final one month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has to date not disclosed something about what it recovered via its motion.

He was speaking to reporters right here on the helipad in Police Lines.

When requested about current ED raids on liquor businessmen and others, Baghel replied, “The maximum number of raids in the country were conducted in Chhattisgarh in the last one month. Once the Congress’ plenary session was held in Raipur, more than 50 locations were searched by the central agency. But there is no information about the amount recovered during these actions. The agency did not disclose how much (money) it recovered from businessmen or industrialists (covered in the raids).” 

“Our party workers Girish Dewangan, Sunny Sushil Agrwal, Vinod Tiwari and Ramgopal Agrawal were raided, but what was recovered from them is not being disclosed. It means that it is a politically-motivated raid. It is an attempt to destabilise. The central agency is being misused…,” he mentioned.

“ED officials from different states of the country have been deployed here…Had our government been in a slight majority, they would have tried to poach our MLAs. But we have got a massive majority of 71 seats (in the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly), that’s why they (Bharatiya Janata Party) failed to make such an attempt.But now the ED is being misused…,” he added.

The ED has been investigating an alleged coal levy cash laundering case in Chhattisgarh and raided premises linked to a number of state authorities officers, businessmen, ruling Congress leaders within the final six months.

The investigation pertains to “an enormous rip-off during which an unlawful levy of Rs 25 per tonne was being extorted for each tonne of coal transported in Chhattisgarh by a cartel involving senior bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen, the company has mentioned.

Nine individuals, together with a Chhattisgarh-cadre IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and state administrative service officer Saumya Chaurasia, have been arrested by the company to date within the case since October final yr.

The ED on March 29 had carried out searches in opposition to Congress chief and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, his brother Anwar Dhebar, liquor businessman Baldev Singh Bhatia alias Pappu Bhatia and others.
 

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday dubbed the ED’s raids within the state as “politically motivated” and alleged that because the BJP couldn’t even make any try and topple his authorities, efforts have been now on to destabilise it via the misuse of the central company.

He additionally mentioned that regardless of finishing up raids at a number of areas in Chhattisgarh within the final one month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has to date not disclosed something about what it recovered via its motion.

He was speaking to reporters right here on the helipad in Police Lines.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

When requested about current ED raids on liquor businessmen and others, Baghel replied, “The maximum number of raids in the country were conducted in Chhattisgarh in the last one month. Once the Congress’ plenary session was held in Raipur, more than 50 locations were searched by the central agency. But there is no information about the amount recovered during these actions. The agency did not disclose how much (money) it recovered from businessmen or industrialists (covered in the raids).” 

“Our party workers Girish Dewangan, Sunny Sushil Agrwal, Vinod Tiwari and Ramgopal Agrawal were raided, but what was recovered from them is not being disclosed. It means that it is a politically-motivated raid. It is an attempt to destabilise. The central agency is being misused…,” he mentioned.

“ED officials from different states of the country have been deployed here…Had our government been in a slight majority, they would have tried to poach our MLAs. But we have got a massive majority of 71 seats (in the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly), that’s why they (Bharatiya Janata Party) failed to make such an attempt.But now the ED is being misused…,” he added.

The ED has been investigating an alleged coal levy cash laundering case in Chhattisgarh and raided premises linked to a number of state authorities officers, businessmen, ruling Congress leaders within the final six months.

The investigation pertains to “an enormous rip-off during which an unlawful levy of Rs 25 per tonne was being extorted for each tonne of coal transported in Chhattisgarh by a cartel involving senior bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen, the company has mentioned.

Nine individuals, together with a Chhattisgarh-cadre IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and state administrative service officer Saumya Chaurasia, have been arrested by the company to date within the case since October final yr.

The ED on March 29 had carried out searches in opposition to Congress chief and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, his brother Anwar Dhebar, liquor businessman Baldev Singh Bhatia alias Pappu Bhatia and others.