Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal faces recent allegation in sexual harassment case
What Arvind Kejriwal mentioned?
Giving particulars of the assertion wherein his title seems, Kejriwal mentioned, “Magunta Srinivas Reddy got here to my workplace at 4.30 pm on March 16, 2021. He had despatched an e-mail to my workplace that he’s an MP and needed to fulfill me. My workplace gave him an appointment to fulfill me after 10 days. He came to visit and mentioned I need to open my household’s charitable belief in Delhi. I advised him that land doesn’t come beneath us, it comes beneath the Lieutenant Governor (LG)”.
‘4 statements sufficient to arrest…?’: Kejriwal alleges ED making an attempt to ‘crush’ AAP
Magunta Srinivas Reddy is an MP from (Andhra Pradesh chief minister) Jagan Mohan Reddy’s get together (YSRCP). CM Arvind Kejriwal requested Magunta Srinivas Reddy to provide him the letter which he’ll ahead to the lieutenant governor.
He mentioned on September 16, 2022, Reddy’s home was raided and the ED requested him whether or not he had met Kejriwal. When Reddy replied within the affirmative, saying his assembly was about in search of land for his household’s belief, the ED was “not joyful” and later the company arrested his son in February 2023.
“When the son stays arrested for 5 months, the daddy adjustments his assertion. He modified his assertion on July 16, 2023, and his son was launched on July 18. Mission achieved. Which means the one mission of the ED was to get me trapped,” Kejriwal mentioned.
ED accuses Delhi CM of ‘evasive replies’, Arvind Kejriwal says ‘hold me in custody
The Delhi chief minister additional mentioned Magunta Srinivas Reddy gave three statements to the company however just one was thought-about.
Additional Kejriwal mentioned even Raghav Magunta, son of Magunta Srinivas Reddy gave seven statements to ED of which six weren’t in opposition to “Kejriwal”. “As quickly as he gave the seventh assertion in opposition to him, Magunta was launched from the jail,” Kejriwal mentioned.
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On Sarath Reddy, Kejriwal advised courtroom, “After he was stored in jail for six months, he (Sarath Chandra Reddy) lastly succumbed and gave one other assertion on April 25, 2023.The one factor he mentioned in opposition to me was that he had gone to fulfill the CM together with Vijay Nair”.
Who’re Magunta Srinivas Reddy and Raghav Magunta and their reference to Delhi excise coverage?
At present, the four-time MP Magunta Srinivas Reddy and his son are busy campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) ally Telugu Desam Occasion (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh with MS Reddy is anticipated to get a Lok Sabha ticket from Ongole’s seat.
In Delhi’s excise coverage case, the ED alleged that the father-son duo is a part of the “South Group” whose members acquired undue advantages beneath the liquor coverage designed by the AAP authorities in Delhi.
MS Reddy’s title first appeared in September 2022 and ED started a raid at his workplace and premises in New Delhi, Nellore, and Chennai. Nevertheless, he was by no means made an accused within the case.
And, in February 2023, ED arrested Raghave on cash laundering costs. Kejriwal advised Rouse Avenue Courtroom on Thursday that MS Reddy modified earlier statements to the ED following Raghav’s arrest.
The daddy-son duo joined the N Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP this yr on 28 February. A former Congressman, MS Reddy had give up the get together earlier than the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and joined the TDP. Nevertheless, after the loss within the 2014 common election, MS Reddy joined the YSR Congress Occasion and gained from Ongole in 2019. After 5 years with YSR Congress, MS Reddy has returned to TDP this yr.
The Indian Specific report, citing sources mentioned that the excise case was additionally behind the father-son duo quitting the YSRCP as a result of the get together didn’t again them after Raghava’s arrest.
The Magunta household owns Balaji Distilleries and two different firms in Andhra Pradesh and has been within the liquor enterprise for over seven many years.
Who’s Sarath Reddy and his reference to Delhi liquor coverage case?
Sarath Reddy is the director of Aurobindo Pharma. In response to the AAP supremo and Delhi CM, Sarath Reddy donated ₹50 crore to the BJP after ED’s arrest. The anti-money laundering company had arrested Reddy in November 2022. In 2023, the Delhi courtroom allowed the businessman to show approver within the alleged excise coverage rip-off and granted him a pardon within the case. Kejriwal asserted that Sarath Reddy was coerced into paying the BJP a staggering ₹55 crore as safety cash.
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Printed: 29 Mar 2024, 09:16 AM IST
