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In March this year, Gahlot was summoned by the ED successful transportation with the Delhi excise argumentation lawsuit and questioned for five-six hours. (PTI record photo)
Soon aft elder Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) person and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot tendered his resignation, citing that the “party is not warring for the radical and is lone playing a governmental agenda”, the AAP said helium had nary enactment arsenic helium was nether unit from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is facing Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax Department inquiries.
AAP MCD in-charge and MLA Durgesh Pathak, speaking astatine a property league Sunday, said: “For the past fewer months, we each cognize Gahlot ji was facing Income Tax raids… helium is near with nary enactment but to articulation the BJP… this is what the BJP does, they usage the ED and CBI to triumph elections.”
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh accused the BJP of playing “dirty politics”. Singh, astatine a property conference, said, “The BJP created unit connected Gahlot utilizing ED-CBI raids and present helium is speaking the BJP’s script… Modi’s ‘Washing Machine’ has go progressive earlier the Delhi assembly elections.”
Here is simply a look astatine the inquiries against Gahlot:
Delhi Excise Policy
In March this year, Gahlot was summoned by the ED successful transportation with the Delhi excise argumentation lawsuit and questioned for five-six hours. This was earlier past Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and others who went to jailhouse successful transportation with the aforesaid lawsuit were released.
According to the ED, AAP communications in-charge Vijay Nair, who was earlier arrested successful the case, allegedly stayed successful an authoritative bungalow allotted successful Gahlot’s sanction adjacent Kejriwal’s Civil Lines residence. The ED claimed Nair was the cardinal nexus with the ‘South Group’ – liquor concern owners from South India who allegedly benefited from the caller policy.
After the ED questioning, Gahlot had said: “The location wherever Vijay Nair was staying is surely allotted successful my sanction but till this day, similar before, I enactment astatine my backstage residence successful Vasant Kunj. I ne'er shifted oregon stayed astatine the bungalow allotted successful my sanction successful Civil Lines.”
DTC autobus ‘scam’
In 2021, the BJP alleged irregularities successful the contracts fixed for the attraction of 1,000 low-floor air-conditioned buses. A committee formed by past Lt Governor Anil Baijal had flagged assorted lapses. Following the committee’s report, the MHA recommended a preliminary enquiry by CBI. Gahlot held the Transport Minister portfolio.
IT raids
In 2018, the IT section conducted raids astatine astir 16 places linked to Gahlot and his household including offices and residences successful Defence Colony, Najafgarh, Laxmi Nagar and Gurgaon.
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