New Delhi; Leading News Service: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that there was no money laundering in the liquor policy scam during the Congress government in Chhattisgarh. Due to this decision, the Congress has got a big relief in the background of the Lok Sabha elections.
The ED had filed a case in a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam in Chhattisgarh. The ED had accused a syndicate of political leaders, private individuals and senior government officials of illegally selling liquor to the tune of Rs 2,161 crore between 2012 and 2022. Former IAS officer Anil Tuteja and his son Yash Tuteja were the main masterminds of the syndicate, the ED said. In the hearing of this case, Justice A. S. Oka's bench said that the ED had wrongly registered the case.
Meanwhile, while reacting to the Supreme Court's decision, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the liquor scam was alleged to politically defame former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's government in Chhattisgarh. After that, the ED registered a case after raiding the Income Tax Department. He said that this action was taken after seeing the elections in the state. of Congress
Media chief Jairam Ramesh has also attacked the BJP. He has criticized that ED is the main organization of BJP. Jairam Ramesh alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using ED, CBI and Income Tax department politically to harass the opposition.