“BJP ought to look into details”: Satyendar Jain hits again after getting bail in DJB STP tender case

New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): A day after being granted bail in reference to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) tender case, former Delhi Minister and AAP chief Satyendar Jain on Friday hit again on the BJP, arguing that the costs in opposition to him do not maintain up in opposition to the precise timeline of the case.

Speaking to ANI, Jain stated the allegations ignored the truth that he was in jail beneath a cash laundering case when the disputed contracts have been finalised. 

‘They (BJP) actually should look into the main points of the case. When I used to be beforehand arrested by the ED and despatched to jail, 4 tasks that had been tendered and allotted have been processed in my absence. Regarding the tenders, what occurred on my watch was an ‘in-principle’ approval. Yet, the ACB alleged that the federal government suffered a lack of a whole lot of crores. I went to jail on May 30. The tasks have been awarded months later–specifically, by March 2023. Four tasks have been awarded at a price Rs 400 crore greater than the unique Rs 1,940 crore determine. They argue that the speed was correct–that Rs 1,940 crore was the proper amount–even although the estimate throughout my tenure was Rs 1,540 crore. They declare the preliminary estimate was fallacious,’ he stated.

‘If ministers have been to face prosecution just because a young was issued with an incorrect estimate. The precise worth is revealed solely after the bids are available in, and I used to be in jail when the bids have been acquired and the contracts awarded,’ Jain added. 

Jain additionally highlighted his restricted function because the Minister on the time. 

‘Yes, I used to be a minister, however I used to be a minister with out portfolio. I held no particular portfolio. How do you clarify to them {that a} minister and not using a portfolio has no connection to that particular division? The BJP can say something,’ he stated.

Jain was arrested by Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) over alleged irregularities and tender manipulation within the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage therapy plant challenge on August 18.  Rouse Avenue Court granted him bail on Thursday.

Shifting his focus to the 2027 Punjab Assembly polls, Jain claimed that that BJP’s is accusing AAP leaders visiting Punjab of ‘usurping the rights of the native individuals.’ 

He dismissed the cost as baseless, drawing a parallel with the BJP’s personal apply of appointing state in-charges.

‘Being appointed by the get together as an in-charge or co-in-charge for a state hardly looks like grounds for an allegation. Doesn’t the BJP appoint its personal in-charges? Doesn’t the BJP appoint co-in-charges for the states? Whichever get together it’s, everybody campaigns for their very own get together. There isn’t any foundation for an allegation right here,’ he stated.

‘If one goes there to marketing campaign for one’s get together or to assist the get together develop, does that quantity to usurping rights? In that case, why do BJP leaders go? BJP leaders go there too. They journey from right here, from Delhi. Should they not go both? Are they going there to usurp individuals’s rights?’ he added. (ANI)