Days after ED, CBI now at Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel’s residence

In a put up in Hindi on X this morning, Baghel’s workplace wrote, “Now the CBI has come. Former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel was scheduled to journey to Delhi at this time for a gathering of the drafting committee constituted for the AICC assembly to be held in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) on 8 and 9 April. Even earlier than that, the CBI has reached his Raipur and Bhilai residences.”

State Congress communication wing chief Sushil Anand Shukla slammed the BJP over the motion and claimed the ruling social gathering was terrified of Baghel. “Ever since Baghel has grow to be the social gathering in-charge of Punjab, the BJP is scared. First, the Enforcement Directorate was despatched to his residence and now, the CBI has been despatched. This exhibits the BJP’s concern. When the BJP fails to combat politically, it makes use of Central businesses in opposition to its opponents,” he alleged.

“Neither Bhupesh Baghel nor the Congress social gathering is scared,” Shukla stated. The folks of the nation and the state are properly conscious of those “oppressive” insurance policies of the BJP, he stated.

Earlier, too, the CBI had lodged a case in opposition to Baghel in reference to an alleged seven-year-old (sleaze) CD matter, however a CBI court docket not too long ago discharged him within the case, Shukla added.

The BJP-led state authorities final 12 months handed over to the CBI 70 instances associated to the alleged Mahadev betting app rip-off, lodged with completely different police stations, and one case registered with the Financial Offences Wing (EOW) within the state.

With company inputs