New Delhi:
The CBI has initiated a preliminary inquiry to research alleged irregularities, together with violation of tender guidelines, within the building of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal official residence. The inquiry has been filed towards “unknown public servant(s) of the Authorities of Delhi”. If the inquiry reveals adequate particulars the company will register a RC or ‘common case’.
The CBI has written to the Delhi authorities’s Public Works Division to demand copies of paperwork, together with data of PWD officers’ approval of additives, or alterations, to the constructing. The company has additionally requested for paperwork pertaining to approval of the constructing plan and the “request from the shopper for executing work of superior specification”, which incorporates marble flooring, as properly particulars of funds to the contractor. All these are to be submitted to the CBI by 10 AM on Tuesday.
Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Occasion has accused the BJP of “utilizing all its power to destroy…” it. “To this point BJP has filed over 50 circumstances towards Kejriwalji… nothing got here out in them and nothing will come out of this. Irrespective of how a lot investigation the BJP does, Arvind Kejriwal will proceed to struggle for the pursuits of the widespread man. Kejriwal has sworn he’ll make India No 1 on the planet and he is able to pay any value for this,” a defiant AAP mentioned in its assertion.
The CBI’s preliminary inquiry is a significant improvement and can set off one other spherical of bitter barbs between the AAP and the BJP; the bitter rivals change political and private jabs almost daily.
In July, when the nationwide capital was battling heavy floods, Union Minister Anurag Thakur launched a scathing assault on Mr Kejriwal, accusing him of “working away from his duty”. “Arvind Kejriwal blames others for air pollution, liquor rip-off. When will he perceive that he has his duties? Those that needed to make Delhi into Paris are working away now.”
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Just a few months earlier Mr Thakur’s cupboard colleague, Meenakshi Lekhi, took her shot too, claiming the renovation of the Chief Minister’s official residence was in violation of town’s Grasp Plan 2021.
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Controversy over Mr Kejriwal’s official residence erupted earlier this yr after the BJP accused the AAP of spending over Rs 45 crore on renovations. The BJP declared Mr Kejriwal had betrayed the “easy dwelling” promise he made on coming into politics.
The BJP additionally alleged, with out proof, that Arvind Kejriwal had supplied the media as much as Rs 50 crore to suppress the story.
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The BJP waved paperwork to indicate Mr Kejriwal’s residence had been fitted with marble from Vietnam and pre-fabricated picket partitions and curtains that value lakhs of rupees every. One curtain alone value almost Rs 8 lakh, the occasion claimed.
The AAP had hit again strongly to those allegations, claiming that the dilapidated situation of the Chief Minister’s allotted dwelling had necessitated renovations. The occasion accused the BJP of hiding the situation of the home earlier than it was rebuilt.
मित्र डॉनल्ड ट्रम्प की 3 घंटे की विज़िट के लिए 80 करोड़ खर्च दिया। गुजरात और मध्यप्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री अपने लिए 200 करोड़ के हवाई जहाज़ ले लेते हैं। मजाल है कोई चैनल इस पर डिबेट कर ले।
अरविंद केजरीवाल जी को 1942 में बना 1 एकड़ से भी छोटा बँगला एलोट किया जिसकी छत्ते 3 बार गिर… pic.twitter.com/GJZkSp60rD
— Priyanka Kakkar (@PKakkar_) April 25, 2023
“Arvind Kejriwal was allotted a bungalow in-built 1942, smaller than one acre, whose roof fell thrice. As soon as the roof of his mother and father’ room fell down… Portray/restore of the Lieutenant Governor’s bungalow, unfold over six acres, is greater than the price of (the Chief Minister’s) home…” a celebration spokesperson posted on X (previously Twitter).