Jairam Ramesh seeks CBI probe into Amit Shah’s ‘Sangma govt most corrupt’ comment

By IANS

NEW DELHI/SHILLONG: Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has requested the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to summon Home Minister Amit Shah over his comment describing Meghalaya authorities headed by Chief Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, in its earlier time period, as “most corrupt” and to research the declare.

Attaching his letter to CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, he tweeted: “I’ve written to the Director of CBI asking CBI to query the Home Minister additional on his categorical assertion that Conrad Sangma’s Govt in Meghalaya was essentially the most corrupt within the nation

“That of course did not prevent BJP from supporting the same Conrad Sangma again”.

Ramesh, in his letter to Jaiswal, mentioned that Shah had mentioned in his public speech on February 17 that the then Meghlaya authorities headed by Sangma was essentially the most corrupt authorities within the nation.

“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 the above conclusion. For some inexplicable reasons, the Home Minister, who is also the former national President of Bharatiya Janata Party, has failed to act upon the information regarding the corrupt practices and instances of the then Meghalaya government,” he mentioned.

Ramesh requested the CBI Director to summon Shah and ask him to submit all the knowledge and information that led him to state evaluation and examine the matter.

“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 Bharatiya Janata Party to support the same Chief Minister after the recent Meghalaya elections,” the letter mentioned.

The Congress letter additionally connected media reviews on Shah’s remarks in the course of the campaigning for Meghalaya Assembly polls, held on February 27.

The Congress leaders in Meghalaya have been criticising the BJP for supporting a authorities led by National People’s Party chief Sangma even after terming the earlier authorities led by the identical social gathering because the “most corrupt”.

The Congress additionally termed the NPP led coalition shaped for the second consecutive time period as a “marriage of convenience”.

The BJP with two MLAs is part of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) authorities dominated by the NPP, which secured 26 seats within the 60-member Assembly. Various different native events are supporting the MDA authorities.
 

NEW DELHI/SHILLONG: Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has requested the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to summon Home Minister Amit Shah over his comment describing Meghalaya authorities headed by Chief Minister Conrad Ok Sangma, in its earlier time period, as “most corrupt” and to research the declare.

Attaching his letter to CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, he tweeted: “I’ve written to the Director of CBI asking CBI to query the Home Minister additional on his categorical assertion that Conrad Sangma’s Govt in Meghalaya was essentially the most corrupt within the nation

“That of course did not prevent BJP from supporting the same Conrad Sangma again”.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Ramesh, in his letter to Jaiswal, mentioned that Shah had mentioned in his public speech on February 17 that the then Meghlaya authorities headed by Sangma was essentially the most corrupt authorities within the nation.

“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 the above conclusion. For some inexplicable reasons, the Home Minister, who is also the former national President of Bharatiya Janata Party, has failed to act upon the information regarding the corrupt practices and instances of the then Meghalaya government,” he mentioned.

Ramesh requested the CBI Director to summon Shah and ask him to submit all the knowledge and information that led him to state evaluation and examine the matter.

“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 Bharatiya Janata Party to support the same Chief Minister after the recent Meghalaya elections,” the letter mentioned.

The Congress letter additionally connected media reviews on Shah’s remarks in the course of the campaigning for Meghalaya Assembly polls, held on February 27.

The Congress leaders in Meghalaya have been criticising the BJP for supporting a authorities led by National People’s Party chief Sangma even after terming the earlier authorities led by the identical social gathering because the “most corrupt”.

The Congress additionally termed the NPP led coalition shaped for the second consecutive time period as a “marriage of convenience”.

The BJP with two MLAs is part of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) authorities dominated by the NPP, which secured 26 seats within the 60-member Assembly. Various different native events are supporting the MDA authorities.