Ashish Ranjan
ED raided houses of Congress MLA: The Chhattisgarh chief minister, Bhupesh Baghel, has accused the BJP of being “frustrated” when a federal agency searched the residences of members of his party before of a Congress plenary meeting on allegations of coal levy corruption.
Here are the 10 major points of this event
1.The Chhattisgarh Congress treasurer, the party’s former vice president, and an MLA were among those whose homes were raided today by the ED (Enforcement Directorate), Mr. Baghel tweeted.
2.”In Raipur, there will be a Congress convention in four days. Stopping our leaders won’t be able to break our spirit, and the BJP is angry that the Bharat Jodo Yatra was successful and that the truth about Adani has come to light. It’s an effort to deflect attention with this raid. The nation is aware of the truth. We will battle and prevail “Tweeted by Mr. Baghel
3.The Congress referred to the ED raid as “third-rate politics” and asserted that the recent conclusion of its Bharat Jodo Yatra, a march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir headed by party MP Rahul Gandhi, received positive reaction from the general public. In addition to criticising the Adani group, which the Congress believes has direct access to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. Baghel also made reference to the company’s current problems following allegations of fraud made by a short seller located in the US.
4.According to the ED, out of the total kickbacks from the coal levy, Rs. 52 crore went to a senior party official, while Rs. 4 crore went to a few Chhattisgarh MLAs.
5.This morning, at least 17 places ED raided. These include the residences of Chhattisgarh Congress treasurer Ramgopal Agrawal, building workers’ welfare board chairman Sushil Sunny Agrawal, and Durg Legislator Devendra Yadav, as well as state Congress spokesperson RP Singh.
6.The ED has accused a cartel made up of middlemen, politicians, businesspeople, and bureaucrats of charging an unlawful levy of Rs 25 for each tonne of coal delivered in Chhattisgarh.
7.The Modi administration is accused by the Congress and other opposition parties of dispatching federal agents to intimidate its leaders. In the most recent cases, where the BJP is not in power, the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are probing into alleged corruption in Delhi and Telangana.
8.Later this year, there will be elections for the Chhattisgarh assembly. The Congress has long claimed that when elections are approaching, the federal agencies become more “active.” “PM doesn’t let ED loose where it’s needed. They have a nice and just plan. After joining the BJP, those who had previously been subject to ED’s effects were found innocent. What the Congress president later referred to as the BJP washing machine was detailed in Rajya Sabha “Jairam Ramesh, a Congress lawmaker, stated.
9.In the coal levy case, nine people have so far been taken into custody. State official Chaurasia, Suryakant Tiwari and his uncle Laxmikant Tiwari, Indian Administrative Service officer Sameer Vishnoi from the Chhattisgarh cadre, and coal industry executive Sunil Agrawal are among them.
10.The party will examine methods to build opposition unity during the three-day Congress session that begins on Friday. The Congress has long argued that without the Congress, there can be no opposition unity. The Congress Working Committee chief’s election will also be decided at the meeting by the party.
