Ranchi, 7 May (HS). BJP President and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi has written a letter to Chief Minister Champai Soren on Tuesday regarding the amount of Rs 35 crore seized by ED. In the letter, Babulal said that a copy of the confidential letter written by the ED regional office to the Chief Secretary has been found from the house of the employee of the private secretary of Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam. He said that it is a serious matter how a confidential letter was found from the residence of an employee of the private secretary. This should be investigated.
Marandi has written in the letter that there is talk across the country of receiving a letter from the Chief Secretary along with a bundle of notes. Jharkhand government is immersed in corruption. I am sure you will also be surprised to see this. It is written that a letter is written by the Enforcement Directorate, Ranchi to the Chief Secretary, Jharkhand on May 08, 2023 and on the next day on May 9, the Chief Secretary orders the Secretary of the Rural Affairs Department to take action.
It is surprising that the Secretary showed no interest in taking action in this sensitive matter. Another serious matter is that a confidential letter written by the ED was found in a bundle of notes in the ED raid from the house of Jahangir Alam, an employee of the private secretary of the minister, on the basis of which the secretary had to take action against the corrupt. By suppressing this, the business of acquiring immense wealth through corruption continued. On the one hand, committing corruption and on the other hand, finding confidential letters in a bundle of notes in a servant's residence is a very serious matter.
Raising questions, Babulal Marandi has asked the Chief Minister as to how this confidential letter reached the residence of the private secretary of the minister. Which officer has a role in this? It is necessary to get tested. Also, on cognizance of this letter, action was to be taken against the corrupt, but they were saved. Whose role is there in this conspiracy? The people of Jharkhand have the right to know this. I hope you will take this matter seriously.
It is noteworthy that on Monday, ED had raided the residence of Jahangir, servant of PS Sanjeev Lal of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam. During this period, ED had seized cash amount of more than Rs 35 crore.