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Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Friday rubbished linking her to 400-crore water tanker rip-off as “politically motivated”, a day after Lt Governor Najeeb Jung ordered a probe into it by Delhi authorities’s Anti Corruption Branch.
The Congress veteran additionally questioned the timing of the probe saying it was ordered when preparations for essential polls in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have been selecting up momentum.
She additionally recommended that Jung could have been below political strain to order probe into the case pointing that he was sitting on so many different suggestions of the AAP authorities.
“The individuals are politically motivated. It was not my resolution to buy the water tankers. It was a collective resolution by a board comprising DJB CEO, engineers and consultants. A BJP The MLA and two municipal councillors have been additionally a part of the choice making course of,” Dikshit stated.
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Questioning timing of the probe, she stated, “it makes it clear that a motivated campaign is being launched against me.”
There was hypothesis that Dikshit could also be made the Congress’ chief ministerial face for subsequent yr’s meeting polls in Uttar Pradesh or could also be given a significant position within the get together’s marketing campaign for meeting polls in Punjab.
“I don’t keep in mind the small print of the procurement course of. But I can confidently say {that a} clear course of was adopted. The have been completely baseless,” she stated.
A report of a fact-finding panel on the alleged 400-crore water tanker rip-off linking Dikshit was yesterday forwarded to anti-graft company ACB by Jung for additional investigation.
The report by a committee of the Delhi Jal Board was despatched to Jung by the AAP authorities for probe by both CBI or
Delhi’s Anti Corruption Branch following persistent demand by the town BJP chief Vijender Gupta.
Water Minister Kapil Mishra at this time stated BJP was attempting to guard the previous Delhi CM and that he has given “all evidences” in opposition to her within the rip-off to Jung.
“I’ve given all of the evidences in opposition to her. Now, it’s as much as the BJP authorities to take motion and put her into jail,” stated Mishra.
ACB chief MK Meena stated all facets of the case together with whether or not the AAP authorities was sitting over the file regarding the case might be probed.
Mishra on June 12 had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jung recommending both CBI or ACB probe in opposition to Dikshit in reference to alleged water tanker rip-off.
“LG has forwarded the committee’s report to the ACB for appropriate action in the matter. He has also forwarded
Gupta’s complaint that the Delhi chief minister suppressed the report of the fact-finding committee for 11 months,” a authorities supply stated.
Last week, the AAP authorities had made the committee’s report public after Gupta demanded from Kejriwal in Delhi Assembly to do the identical.
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