BJP Spreading Rumours: Tejashwi On ED Claims Of Rs 600 Cr 'Proceeds Of Crime' Detected During Raids
Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav dismissed the ED’s claims of detecting proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 600 crore during searches and asked for a seizure list to be made public to bring out the truth.
New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that the Enforcement Directorate’s claims of detecting proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 600 crore during searches on premises owned by him and close family members are just "rumours".
"The BJP government (at the Centre) is spreading rumours again quoting sources. It should have asked its spin doctors to first settle the account on the previous operations, before coming up with the new tale of Rs 600 crore," Yadav said in a series of tweets.
The ED had launched raids on Friday at multiple locations linked to Prasad's family members, including that of his son Tejashwi in Delhi.
He also said the BJP will be left embarrassed if he made public the "panchnama" (seizure list) signed after the raids.
भाजपा सरकार द्वारा सूत्रों के हवाले से इधर-उधर की भ्रामक अफवाह फैलाने अथवा खबर प्लांट करवाने की बजाय रेड के बाद हस्ताक्षर किए जाने वाले पंचनामे (Seizure List) की सूची ही सावर्जनिक कर देनी चाहिए।
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) March 11, 2023
अगर हम इसे सार्वजनिक कर देंगे तो इन बेचारे नेताओं की क्या इज्जत रहेगी? सोच लो..😊
"Just recall, in 2007, transactions worth Rs 8,000 crore, including a mall and hundreds of land plots, were alleged," tweeted Yadav, making an obvious reference to the land-for-hotels 'scam' pertaining to his father Lalu Prasad's tenure as the railway minister.
Now facing the heat in the land-for-jobs 'scam' pertaining to, roughly, the same period, Yadav also recalled his name being linked to a mall seized in Gurugram, which turned out to be owned by a private company.
याद करिए- 2017 में भी कथित 8000 करोड़ का लेन-देन, हजारों करोड़ का मॉल, सैंकड़ों संपत्तियां, अभी चंद महीनों पहले गुरुग्राम में अरबों का WhiteLand कंपनी का UrbanCube मॉल भी मिला था।
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) March 11, 2023
भाजपाई अब कथित 600 करोड़ का नया हिसाब लाने से पहले अपने सूत्रों को पुराने का तो हिसाब दे देते 😇🤗 https://t.co/nI6siUh5mu
The RJD had threatened legal action against media outlets for "wrongly" reporting that Yadav that the party supremo's son owned the commercial establishment.
According to PTI, on Saturday, the ED said it seized "unaccounted cash" of Rs 1 crore and "detected proceeds of crime worth Rs 600 crore" after it raided RJD chief Lalu Prasad's family in connection with a money laundering case linked to the railways land-for-jobs 'scam'.
"Let them make public the 'panchnama' (seizure list) signed after the raids. If we do so on our own, think of the embarrassment that these BJP leaders will have to face," said in a thread of tweets.
The CBI had also recently questioned Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi – former chief ministers of Bihar – in the case.
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