Visibly on the backfoot in the Lalitgate and Vyapam scam issue, BJP has decided on an aggressive counter strategy to take on the opposition.
Visibly on the backfoot in the Lalitgate and Vyapam scam issue, BJP has decided on an aggressive counter strategy to take on the opposition.
After day one of the Rajya Sabha got washed away amidst uproar over Lalitgate even when person under scanner Sushma SWaraj agreed to give a statement, BJP has changed it's strategy. Sushma Swaraj tweeted on Wednesday that a senior Congress leader was forcing her to give diplomatic passport to scam accused Santosh Bagrodia. Foreign Minister said that she will disclose the name on the floor of the house.
On Tuesday, Former MoS Coal Santosh Bagrodia was summoned as accused in connection with the coal scam. Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and retired public servant L S Janoti, were summoned as the accused by a Special Court in connection with a coal scam case. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar took cognisance of CBI''s final report in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander coal block in Maharashtra to accused firm AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd.
The court summoned the accused for the alleged offences under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant) under IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
It summoned them for August 18 in the case in which CBI had earlier charge sheeted Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd and its Director Manoj Jayaswal as accused in the case.
The court, in its January 30 order, had observed that Bagrodia, Gupta and Janoti allegedly committed criminal misconduct and facilitated AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd to unlawfully obtain the coal block. It had also directed CBI to probe further in the case and had asked the agency to place relevant records of the matter before the sanctioning authority to consider according of the sanction to prosecute Janoti under the PC Act as he was then an active public servant.
This is a clear strategy to put the pressure back on Congress. Already BJP has decided to raise various scams in Congress ruled state to counter the heat of Vyapam and Lalitgate.
Wih agency inputs
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