Weeks after writing a letter to lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena over Delhi minister Satyendar Jain allegedly extorting ₹10 crore from him, jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar on Saturday made recent accusations, saying that he paid Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal “ ₹50 crore for a nomination to the Rajya Sabha”, prompting a retort from the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) chief.
In a word launched to information organisations, Chandrashekhar alleged that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal requested him to gather ₹500 crore for the social gathering and that Jain threatened him.
Kejriwal hit out on the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) for its “soiled techniques” forward of civic polls within the nationwide capital and meeting elections in Gujarat, rubbishing Chandrashekhar’s claims as “fictional tales”.
“{A magazine} known as Manohar Kahiyan used to come back out earlier. Now, there can be a brand new journal known as BJP’s Manohar Kahaniyan,” he mentioned, referring to a month-to-month Hindi fiction journal. He mentioned that the saffron social gathering was concocting the conman’s claims to deflect consideration from the bridge collapse in Gujarat’s Morbi that killed 135.
Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, in the meantime, mentioned the allegations made by Chandrashekhar have been severe and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ought to provoke probes within the matter. “He mentioned that ₹50 crore was delivered by him to move minister Kailash Gahlot’s farmhouse. That is corruption of the best order. The best way through which Kejriwal was promoting one Rajya Sabha seat on the price of ₹50 crore to a felony conman, it’s a matter of probe and an try to promote the democratic system.”
In a letter to the Lieutenant Governor just lately, Chandrashekhar alleged that Jain “extorted ₹10 crore” in 2019 for his “security” within the jail. He has now alleged that Jain, together with the previous Tihar director normal, threatened him after his letter to the LG turned public.
He mentioned that he has submitted one other criticism to the LG on Thursday, detailing the allegations of corruption towards Kejriwal, Jain and Gahlot.
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Chandrashekhar alleged that Kejriwal compelled him to convey “over 20 folks to contribute ₹500 crore in direction of his social gathering”.
“If you happen to assume I’m the largest ‘thug’, why did you settle for ₹50 crore from me,” he requested Kejriwal.
The letter to the LG earlier alleged that he gave greater than ₹50 crore to the AAP, which promised to present Chandrashekhar an necessary publish within the social gathering in South Zone and likewise assist him get nominated to Rajya Sabha.
AAP chief and Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia alleged that the BJP had struck a cope with the “conman sitting in Tihar”. He’ll degree absurd allegations towards Kejriwal each day and in return, the BJP will assist him within the case, he tweeted.
Hitting out on the AAP, Gupta mentioned the entire Delhi authorities was steeped in corruption. “These are a few of the most dishonest folks within the nation to faux to be sincere. I attraction that CM Kejriwal and transport minister Gahlot resign and CBI-ED ought to probe the place this quantity of ₹50 crore was finally utilised,” he added.
Within the press launch dated November 4, Chandrashekhar alleged that Kejriwal requested him “to convey 20-30 folks” on board to contribute ₹500 crore to the social gathering in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in 2016; that he spoke Kejriwal on Jain’s cellphone when the latter visited him in jail in 2017; and that he was in contact with AAP leaders to increase the social gathering’s base in south India.
The conman additionally claimed that Kejriwal and Jain have been utilizing the jail administration to “threaten and intimidate” him and added that he’ll search a “detailed CBI [Central Bureau of Investigation] probe” within the matter. He additionally mentioned he’ll “pursue a defamation swimsuit” towards Kejriwal subsequent week after the chief minister reportedly known as him the “nation’s greatest thug”.
Chandrashekhar has been in Tihar since 2017 apart from a quick interval in early 2021 when he was launched on parole. He’s at the moment being investigated by a number of businesses together with the Delhi Police, CBI and ED for dishonest, laundering cash, extorting cash from high-profile folks together with ₹200 crore from Aditi Singh, spouse of former Ranbaxy promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh, in 2020, and impersonating a high-ranking official within the ministry of residence affairs (MHA).
AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj mentioned the BJP has resorted to utilizing a thug for his or her political mileage. “Chandrashekhar has grow to be the BJP’s star campaigner however who’s he? He was discovered extorting cash from the spouse of Ranbaxy chief Shivender Singh. She paid him ₹215 crore…”
BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla known as Sukesh’s letter a “candid confession”.
“The AAP may even con a conman. The AAP ought to say if it obtained ₹10 crore as safety cash. Has AAP obtained ₹50 crore from Sukesh for a Rajya Sabha seat? Did Kejriwal go to his [Sukesh’s] social gathering and what was mentioned there?,” Poonawalla mentioned.