Nature of doing corruption has not changed: Assam Deputy Speaker Numal Momin on Jharkhand cash haul
May 06, 2024
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 6 : After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered a huge cash haul from the residence of a household help linked to Sanjiv Lal, the personal secretary to Congress leader Alamgir Alam, Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly, Numal Momin said that this shows that the nature of corruption practised by the Congress government in Jharkhand has not changed.
"It is very astonishing that cash was recovered from Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary's residence. This shows that the Congress government is literally doing corruption and the nature of doing corruption is not changed...This is one of the classical examples of deep-rooted corruption in Congress party and their nature has not changed," Momin said speaking to ANI on Monday.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand Rural Development Minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam urged patience and restraint in jumping to conclusions after an Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid that uncovered over Rs 20 crore from the residence of a household help linked to Sanjiv Lal, the personal secretary to minister Alamgir Alam.
"Sanjiv Lal is a government employee. He is my secretary. Sanjiv Lal has already been a personal secretary of two former ministers. There are several government employees and we usually appoint personal secretaries based on experience. It is not right to comment on the raids before the ED investigation is completed," Alam said.
Earlier in the day, the agency recovered more than Rs 20 crore from the household help of Sanjiv Lal - Personal Secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development Minister and Senior Congress leader from the state, Alamgir Alam.
The raids are part of an ongoing investigation related to the case involving Virendra K Ram, the chief engineer at the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, who was arrested in February 2023 in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of government schemes.
In 2019, a huge amount of cash was recovered from one of his subordinates. Later, the ED took over the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.ED arrested Virendra K Ram, the chief engineer at the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, in February 2023 in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the implementation of some schemes.
