Jairam Ramesh writes to CBI chief, seeks probe into Amit Shah's remark

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has written to CBI Director Subodh Jaiswal asking the probe agency to summon Home Minister Amit Shah over his remark describing Meghalayas Conrad Sangma government in its previous term as corrupt and to investigate the claimIn his letter Ramesh stated that Shah in his public speech on February 17 2023 said the then government of Meghalaya was the most corrupt government in the countryThe letter comes amid a row over a Delhi police team reaching Rahul Gandhis residence last Sunday to inquire about his women are still being sexually assaulted statement made during a public speech as part of the Bharat Jodo YatraIn his letter dated March 21 Ramesh said Amit Shah is also the home minister of India In his capacity as the home minister he would surely have had access to information and facts that led him to this conclusionAlso Read SCappointed expert committee will be clean chit panel JPC must to probe all aspects of Adani issue CongressFor some inexplicable reasons the home minister who is also the former national president of BJP has failed to act upon the information about the corrupt practices and instances of the then Meghalaya government Ramesh said in the letter dated March 21 which he tweeted ThursdayTherefore in the highest national interest we urge you to summon Shri Amit Shah and ask him to submit all the information and facts that led him to the stated assessment and investigate the matter he saidWe also urge you to investigate if the home minister of India was under any undue duress from his party or other forces to suppress the information related to the corruption of Meghalaya in order to enable his party BJP to support the same chief minister after the recent Meghalaya elections the Congress leader saidTagging his letter to Jaiswal on Twitter Ramesh said he has written to the Director of CBI asking the probe agency to question the Union home minister further on his categorical assertion that Conrad Sangmas government in Meghalaya was the most corrupt in the countryThat of course did not prevent the BJP from supporting the same Conrad Sangma again Ramesh addedHe also shared media reports on Shahs remarks during the campaigning for Meghalaya pollsThe Congress has been attacking the BJP for supporting a government led by NPP chief Conrad Sangma in Meghalaya and has said a few days back his dispensation was considered the most corrupt by the top BJP leadership and now the party has joined hands with himThe opposition party also termed the coalition formed for a new term for the Sangma government a marriage of convenienceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever