Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 19 (ANI): A day after former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in reference to alleged irregularities within the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) tendering course of, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday alleged that BJP’s manner of working is to arrest distinguished leaders throughout the elections.
He additionally claimed that the BJP was ‘rattled’ and had been ‘unable to achieve a foothold’ in Punjab forward of the meeting elections in 2027.
He has been arrested in an ACB FIR registered on 11.05.2024 below Sections 7, 7A, 9, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) learn with Sections 42, 409, 418, 120-B of the IPC.
‘This is how the BJP operates. They are rattled; they’ve been unable to achieve a foothold in Punjab, which is why they contemplated arresting him–given that he’s accountable for AAP in Punjab. They did the identical in Delhi, the place Sanjay Singh was detained for talking in Parliament… The Supreme Court had even exonerated Arvind Kejriwal… The BJP is anti-democratic, contemplating their modus operandi–arresting distinguished leaders throughout elections…’, he advised reporters right here.
His remarks got here after Jain was arrested in reference to the Delhi Jal Board tender rip-off case. Jain is a former Delhi minister.
Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, Kultar Singh Sandhwan, alleged that the arrests present Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s ‘manner of preventing elections’.
‘Satyendar Jain had beforehand been imprisoned for two years, but not a single cost levelled towards him in courtroom was confirmed. This just isn’t motion taken towards against the law; somewhat, it’s Amit Shah’s manner of preventing elections…nevertheless, the individuals of Punjab overcome worry; they confront and struggle it, so they don’t seem to be the type to be intimidated. This is solely political…ED is appearing as an arm of BJP’s election marketing campaign. The difficulty being raised pertains to a time when he was already in jail…’
Congress chief Sandeep Dikshit stated, ‘… Treatment plant difficulty has not began at the moment; irregularities have been going down in Delhi for years. New contracts are being given at double, triple, and even 4 instances the charges…’
Jain was arrested for alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender circumstances and felony conspiracy within the tendering course of associated to the augmentation and upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).(ANI)