Hemant Soren appears before ED today: BJP claims he was helped by Kejriwal to escape from Delhi
Hemant Soren was untraceable on Monday after Enforcement Directorate officials, who arrived at his Delhi residence for questioning in a land fraud case, failed to locate him for almost 30 hours.
Ranchi: Hours after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren appeared in Ranchi and held a meeting with his ministers, BJP leader Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “helped” the Jharkhand CM to escape from Delhi to Ranchi. He called the two leaders “thieves.”
Hemant Soren was untraceable on Monday after Enforcement Directorate officials, who arrived at his Delhi residence for questioning in a land fraud case, failed to locate him for almost 30 hours.
What Nishikant Dubey said about Hemant Soren
Speaking about the development, Nishikant Dubey wrote in a post on This collaboration extended to Varanasi after which Ranchi Minister Mithlesh Thakur helped bring him (Hemant Soren) to Ranchi. 'Chor chor mausera bhai'.
Hemant Soren will appear before ED at 1:00 PM
Meanwhile, Hemant Soren said in a letter to the Enforcement Directorate that he will record his statement before the agency officials at his residence on Wednesday at 1 pm.
While he agreed to record his statement, the Jharkhand Chief Minister alleged that questioning him at that time was more political and aimed at disrupting the functioning of his government.
“You are well aware that the budget session of the Legislative Assembly will take place between February 2 and 29, 2024 and the undersigned will be engaged in the preparations for the same, apart from other previously scheduled official engagements,” Soren's letter to Dat said the ED office in Ranchi said.
“In these circumstances, your insistence on recording a further statement from the undersigned on or before January 31, 2024 smacks of malice and reveals your political agenda to disrupt the functioning of the state government and prevent an elected representative of the people from discharging his official duties fulfills. ” Soren's letter to the emergency department read.
The “acts are malicious and politically motivated (and) are justified. The issuance of a summons to the undersigned is completely inconvenient and a colorful exercise of the powers conferred by law,” the letter said.
The ED officials visited Soren's residence in the national capital on Monday evening to question him in connection with an alleged land scam case and said the Jharkhand Chief Minister could not be located.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Banna Gupta said, “Honourable CM is in the hearts of Jharkhand people. He has said that he will answer all ED's queries as per the deadline set by ED, bring on the deadline. I don't want to comment on ED, everything goes to the people's court, they are the head in the case of democracy. People determine the story about what happens to whom, and why it happens…'
No one is above the law, says Jharkhand Governor
Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan in Ranchi said no one is above the law and the CM must obey the law. “Like you (the media), we are also waiting for the CM's response. No one is above the law. We must work within the Constitution. We want law and order to be maintained,” the governor said.
Section 144 imposed in Ranchi
Meanwhile, Section 144 CrPc was imposed within 100 meters radius of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's residence, Raj Bhavan and ED office in Ranchi.
According to sources, the ED has issued a fresh summons to Soren, asking him to be available for questioning on January 29 or January 31, failing which the agency will go to him for questioning itself. This is the ED's tenth summons to the Jharkhand chief minister.