Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. (Picture: PTI)
In response to sources within the Vigilance division, an in depth file has been ready by a staff relating to the belongings owned by the previous Chief Minister, and he might be questioned about them
Amid rumours of former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi contemplating a change to the BJP, bother appears to be in retailer for the Congress chief as he was summoned by the state Vigilance Bureau to look on Wednesday in reference to a disproportionate asset case.
The Bureau has requested Channi to look for investigation at its workplace on Wednesday.
In response to sources within the Vigilance division, an in depth file has been ready by a staff relating to the belongings owned by the previous Chief Minister, and he might be questioned about them. This may be the primary time that Channi will seem earlier than the bureau.
Final month, the Vigilance Bureau issued a lookout discover towards Channi, fearing that he might try and fly out.
Channi was underneath ED scanner after his nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey was arrested in reference to an alleged corruption case final yr, and roughly Rs 10 crores had been seized from his possession. The ED has been scrutinizing Channi, his brothers, relations, and a few aides for allegedly amassing wealth past their declared sources of earnings. The bureau suspects that the previous chief minister had offered “undue favours” to sure contractors.
In response to the ED staff, Honey had amassed cash by aiding mining contractors and facilitating the switch and posting of officers.
The previous CM had denied the fees and alleged vendetta by central businesses.
Nonetheless, the continued investigation into the DA case by the state company may doubtlessly trigger bother for him.
The summons from the Vigilance Bureau comes days after studies advised that Channi could also be contemplating switching to the BJP, though he has dismissed these studies as “faux information”.
Curiously, regardless of PCC Chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and state in-charge Harish Chaudhary calling on him a number of days in the past to hunt his participation in campaigning for the Jalandhar by-polls, the previous CM has but to actively interact within the ballot course of.
A Congress chief mentioned, “There is no such thing as a doubt that he’s not pleased with how he has been handled by the social gathering management. Though he might not change events, it stays to be seen how he entails himself within the marketing campaign for the by-poll.”
The social gathering is desperately making an attempt to get Channi, a pacesetter from the Scheduled Caste neighborhood, on board for the polls given the numerous variety of Dalit votes within the reserved constituency of Jalandhar.
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