New Delhi: Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Sunday launched a scathing assault on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over his alleged involvement within the Mahadev App betting case, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Speaking to ANI in Bhopal, Thakur accused Baghel of receiving Rs 508 crore from the promoters of the unlawful on-line playing app, which gives numerous video games and sports activities betting choices to customers.
“In Bhupesh Baghel’s government, much corruption has happened. Now Mahadev App corruption. In Chhattisgarh, they say to do corruption and then do the ‘BhuPay’, which is to pay Bhupesh Baghel. Bhupesh Baghel took Rs 508 crore from the Mahadev App,” Thakur alleged. He additionally questioned why Baghel didn’t block the app, which was reportedly operated by two Dubai-based males from Chhattisgarh, Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, who’re absconding and dealing with a lookout discover by the ED and the Chhattisgarh Police.
“Why didn’t Bhupesh Baghel block this app? Did he write a letter to block the app? Now he does not answer the questions. How long will you run from questions? Now Chhattisgarh is saying, ‘Bhaag Bhupesh Bhaag’,” Thakur stated.
He additional mocked Baghel by saying that he would quickly be a part of the likes of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who’re dealing with corruption expenses, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who’s prone to face a troublesome problem from the BJP within the upcoming municipal polls.
“Where Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain are there, and Arvind Kejriwal is about to go, you will also get a place there,” Thakur stated. Thakur additionally slammed the Congress get together on the difficulty of black cash. “Congress has always been in favour of black money… How could Bhupesh Baghel be left behind when the master is corrupt?”, he stated.
Accusing the INDIA alliance leaders of corruption, the Union Minister stated, “As I had already said, there’s neither a leader nor a policy in the INDIA alliance. There is a flaw in their intentions too. Most of the leaders in this alliance are surrounded by corruption, they have come together just to save themselves…”
He urged the individuals of Madhya Pradesh to vote for the BJP and its chief ministerial candidate Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who he stated had labored for the event and welfare of the state.
The Mahadev App case has grow to be a significant political concern in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, the place the Congress and the BJP are locked in a bitter contest. The ED has summoned a number of Bollywood celebrities, together with Ranbir Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Boman Irani and Shraddha Kapoor, for questioning within the case, suspecting that they obtained money funds for attending occasions organised by the app promoters.
