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 indicated that ‘BJP’s manner of working is to arrest distinguished leaders in the course of the elections.’
He additionally claimed that the BJP was ‘rattled’ and had been ‘unable to realize a foothold’ in Punjab forward of the meeting elections in 2027.
He has been arrested in an ACB FIR registered on 11.05.2024 beneath 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 realize a foothold in Punjab, which is why they contemplated arresting him–given that he’s in command of 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 combating elections’.
‘Satyendar Jain had beforehand been imprisoned for two years, but not a single cost levelled in opposition to him in courtroom was confirmed. This isn’t motion taken in opposition to against the law; relatively, it’s Amit Shah’s manner of combating elections…nevertheless, the individuals of Punjab overcome concern; they confront and struggle it, so they aren’t the kind to be intimidated. This is totally political…ED is appearing as an arm of BJP’s election marketing campaign. The subject being raised pertains to a time when he was already in jail…’
Congress chief Sandeep Dikshit mentioned, ‘… Treatment plant subject has not began at this time; irregularities have been happening in Delhi for years. New contracts are being given at double, triple, and even 4 occasions the charges…’
Jain was arrested for alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender situations 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)