"Misusing ED": Rajasthan CM takes dig at BJP amid Mahadev betting app row
Nov 05, 2023
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], November 5 : Amid the Mahadev betting app row, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of "misusing" the Enforcement Directorate.
Speaking to reporters in Jodhpur on Sunday, CM Gehlot said, "These people who are misusing ED, their truth is being exposed".
"We also want proceedings to happen against the big economic criminals. For them, only ED, CBI, and IT have been formed...You must have heard what the Chhattisgarh CM (Bhupesh Baghel) said. It is a matter of concern when a CM has to say that ED people are transporting money," CM Gehlot said.
His remarks came amid the allegations that Bhupesh Baghel received crores of rupees in the form of kickbacks from betting operators to fund party campaign in the Chhattisgarh, a charge denied by the CM and Congress.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed that CM Baghel received Rs 508 crore from the promoters of the Mahadev betting app scam.
He also said that Congress will form governments in the poll-bound states of Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana under the leadership of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
"Mallikarjun Kharge is our national president and is an experienced leader... governments have been formed in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka since he came. Now we are going to form the government in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana," CM Gehlot added.
The elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases, with the first phase of polling for 20 seats scheduled on November 7 and the remaining 70 seats to go for polling on November 17. The counting of votes is scheduled for December 3.
Congress stormed to the hustings in Chhattisgarh in the 2018 elections, winning 68 of the 90 seats and hogging 43.9 per cent of the total votes polled.
The BJP had to be content with just 15 seats.
