New Delhi: The Congress has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to summon Home Minister Amit Shah to query him on his “categorical assertion” that the “Conrad Sangma government in Meghalaya was the most corrupt in the country” forward of the Assembly elections. Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh in a letter CBI Director Subodh Jaiswal urged the probe company to query the Home Minister over his remark and to examine that declare.
In his letter to Jaiswal, Ramesh said that Shah in his public speech on February 17, 2023, stated the then authorities of Meghalaya “was the most corrupt government in the country”. “Amit Shah is also the Home Minister of India. In his capacity as the home minister, he would surely have had access to information and facts that led him to this conclusion,” Ramesh stated.
Summon Amit Shah and ask him to submit all the knowledge
The Congress chief additional stated that for some inexplicable causes, the Home Minister, who can be the previous nationwide president of BJP, has failed to act upon the details about the corrupt practices and situations of the then Meghalaya authorities. “Therefore, in the highest national interest, we urge you to summon Amit Shah and ask him to submit all the information and facts that led him to stated assessment and investigate the matter,” he stated within the letter dated March 21 which he tweeted Thursday.
“We also urge you to investigate if the Home Minister of India was under any undue duress from his party or other forces, to suppress the information related to the corruption of Meghalaya, in order to enable his party BJP to support the same chief minister after the recent Meghalaya elections,” the Congress chief added.
Sharing a on Twitter, the Congress chief stated, he has written to the Director of CBI, asking the probe company to query the Union residence minister additional on his “categorical assertion” that Conrad Sangma’s authorities in Meghalaya was probably the most corrupt within the nation. “That of course did not prevent the BJP from supporting the same Conrad Sangma again,” Ramesh added. Ramesh additionally shared information studies pertaining to Amit Shah’s assertion with the letter.
Amit Shah’s allegations on Conrad Sangma’s govt
Earlier whereas addressing the general public rally in Meghalaya’s Rangsakona as a part of election marketing campaign, the Home Minister had stated, “We need a strong BJP in Meghalaya that is why we broke the alliance before the polls and decided to contest all 60 Assembly seats. Meghalaya is one of the most corrupt states in the country due to the inefficiency of the state government.”
Notably, the BJP parted its manner from the National People’s Party (NPP)-led authorities earlier than the election in Meghalaya to contest all 60 meeting seats alone. However, the BJP prolonged assist for Conrad Sangma’s authorities to type the brand new authorities after the ruling get together simply managed to win solely two seats.
It is pertinent to point out, the Congress’ transfer comes days after the Delhi Police served a discover to get together MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks made through the Bharat Jodo Yatra that “women are still being sexually assaulted”. Rahul Gandhi despatched a preliminary reply to the Delhi Police discover in a mail, hours after cops visited the previous’s residence. The Wayanad MP has written a mail to the cops saying that he gave an announcement on January 30 and the Delhi Police is searching for data from him after 45 days. He has sought just a few days time to reply to the discover of the Delhi Police.
