BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday claimed that Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will resign and his wife Kalpana Soren is about to substitute him. The large declare by the BJP chief got here within the context of authorized troubles mounting in opposition to Soren in a cash laundering case.
In X put up, the BJP MP wrote, “Jharkhand’s Gandey MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad resigned from the assembly, resignation accepted. Hemant Soren ji will resign from the post of chief minister, the next chief minister of Jharkhand will be his wife Kalpana Soren ji. New year painful for Soren family @itssuniltiwari.”
Money laundering case: ED writes to Soren looking for his availability for questioning
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 30 issued a letter-cum-summons to Soren looking for his availability for questioning in a cash laundering case linked to an alleged land rip-off.Â
Soren, 48, has been requested by the central company to inform the investigating officer of the case in regards to the date, venue and time of his selection in order that his assertion could be recorded beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources stated.
This is the seventh discover or summons issued to Soren however he has by no means deposed earlier than the ED. The first was issued for August 14. He had filed a petition earlier than the Supreme Court after which the Jharkhand High Court looking for safety from the ED motion and terming the summons “unwarranted”. Both the courts had dismissed his petition.
Soren had claimed within the High Court that the summons was issued out of malice and false allegations had been levelled in opposition to him with the only real motive of making political uncertainty and unrest in Jharkhand.
The probe pertains to a “huge racket of illegal change of ownership of land by the mafia” in Jharkhand, in accordance to the ED.
The company has arrested 14 folks within the case, together with 2011-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Chhavi Ranjan who had earlier served as the director of the state social welfare division and deputy commissioner of Ranchi.
