The BJP Thursday attacked the Hemant Soren authorities successful Jharkhand implicit the reinstatement of IAS serviceman Pooja Singhal soon aft she was released connected bail successful a wealth laundering case. Senior BJP person Ravi Shankar Prasad deed retired astatine Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, an state of the Soren government, for “roaming astir with the Constitution successful his hand”.
“…Jharkhand’s IAS serviceman Pooja Singhal was held for corruption. `16 crore were recovered from her CA. PMLA officials besides recovered `36 crore successful currency from her. She was successful jailhouse for the past 28 months. She got bail successful December, and connected January 21, her suspension was revoked, and she was reinstated. An IAS officer, against whom a proceedings is underway and a PMLA tribunal has registered a case, and from whom crores of rupees were recovered, has been reinstated arsenic soon arsenic she got retired of jail,” Prasad said astatine a property league here.
“The Congress is besides a portion of the Jharkhand government, they person to reply what is happening. My question is to Rahul Gandhi, who roams astir with the Constitution successful his hand…,” helium said.
The ED arrested Singhal successful May 2022 successful a lawsuit relating to irregularities successful MNREGA, aft which she was suspended. The suspension of Singhal, who was successful jailhouse for implicit 2 years, was revoked aft she secured bail.
“In airy of the recommendations made by the Suspension Review Committee aft owed consideration, Pooja Singhal, an IAS officer, has been reinstated with effect from December 7, 2024, pursuing her merchandise connected bail,” said a Jharkhand authorities notification. Asked astir the BJP’s allegations, erstwhile Jharkhand Congress president Rajesh Thakur said: “This determination (to reinstate Singhal) has been taken by a committee nether the Chief Secretary. Every item has been taken into relationship earlier taking the decision. In specified a context, nary partisan authorities should beryllium done.”
Another Jharkhand Congress person said, “The BJP tried to occupation the Jharkhand authorities successful the past… It is trying to politicise everything. We person understood that each this was portion of the aforesaid agenda.”
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