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Sanjay Raut seeks more time to appear before ED in money laundering case, here’s all you need to know about Patra Chawl redevelopment case
Since 2018 land scam case, the ED has been revolving around the Sena leader, along with his wife and some close associates.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who has been vocally targeting rebellion group MLAs, on Tuesday sought more time to appear for Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe in a money laundering case.
The Sena leader has been summoned by the ED in a case related to irregularities in a Chawl redevelopment project at Mumbai’s Goregaon.
What is the Patra Chawl redevelopment project?
In 2018 land scam case, the ED has been revolving around the Sena leader, along with his wife and some close associates.
In 2008, the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) undertook the redevelopment project and gave the contract to a private company to redevelop the locality called Patra Chawl. It is located in northern Mumbai’s Goregaon and had a total of 672 houses in 47 acres of land.
An agreement had been signed between the MHADA and a private company but even after 14 years the people of the area continue to wait for their homes.
What is the status of the project now?
In 2020, the state government had appointed a one-member committee led by former chief secretary Maharashtra to study and recommend solutions for the rehabilitation and rental payment to 672 tenants.
Following the recommendations of the committee and feedback from MHADA, the state cabinet had approved redevelopment of the Patra Chawl again.
On the orders of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the stalled construction work was restarted in February 2022.
However, the development comes amidst Shiv Sena’s battle against its rebellion MLAs to survive the rulling MVA government in Maharashtra.
The Rajya Sabha member was not available on Tuesday due to his planned visit to Alibaug (Raigad district), following which his lawyer reached the ED’s office today around 11.15 am to seek some more time, the officials said.
Raut had termed the ED’s summons as a conspiracy to stop him from fighting against their political opponents. He will not be able to appear before the agency on Tuesday as he had to attend a meeting in Alibaug, he had also said yesterday.
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2024 Lok Sabha Elections
PM Modi votes at a polling booth in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, urges people to ensure record turnout
Union minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, who is contesting to retain the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, was present when Modi reached the polling booth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday voted at a polling booth in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in the single-phase voting for 25 seats in Gujarat. He reached the polling booth at Nishan Public School in Ranip locality of Ahmedabad city soon after the voting started at 7 am and cast his vote. The prime minister greeted people and signed autographs on his way to the polling booth.
Union minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, who is contesting to retain the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, was present when Modi reached the polling booth. PM Modi also urged people to cast their vote in record numbers in the 3rd phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday and said their active participation will make the election more vibrant. Amit Shah was accompanied by his wife Sonal Shah, son Jay Shah other family members as they exercised their franchise.
The prime minister congratulated the Election Commission for conducting the first 2 phases of Lok Sabha polls with hardly any violence and asked the people to come out in large numbers to vote. PM Modi further added the way the Indian elections are being conducted can be a learning process for other democracies, and it has been the subject of case study for many universities.
Voting is taking place in 93 constituencies which are spread over 11 states and Union territories in the 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi also posted on X in Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi and Hindi. More than 1,300 candidates, including around 120 women, are contesting in the 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha election.
Among the prominent leaders Union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) and S P Singh Baghel (Agra) are contesting the election.
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Amit Shah says there will be jungle raj in the country if INDIA Bloc is voted to power
The Union Home Minister asserted that, if INDIA Bloc alliance comes to power, there will be a complete jungle raj in the country as well as in Bihar.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that there will be jungle raj in the country if INDIA bloc partners – Congress and RJD – are voted to power. He was addressing an election rally in favour of senior BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in Bihar’s Samastipur district where he said that the latest recovery of Rs 30 crore and more from the house of a minister in Jharkhand proves INDIA bloc alliance leaders are corrupt.
The Union Home Minister asserted that, if INDIA Bloc alliance comes to power, there will be a complete jungle raj in the country as well as in Bihar. Earlier the Enforcement Directorate on Monday recovered a huge amount of unaccounted cash during searches at the premises of a domestic help who was allegedly linked to the secretary of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam.
Shah asked the people at the rally that who will be the prime minister of the INDIA bloc? He asked if Sharad Pawar would become the prime minister? Or Will Mamata Banerjee will become the PM of the country or MK Stalin or Uddhav Thackeray? He jokingly took at dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that he would like to take another name. He asked the people not to laugh and said can Rahul baba become the PM?
Shah accused the leaders of the RJD and the Congress of not attending the Ayodhya Ram temple Pran Pratishtha because of vote bank politics. He further added that RJD’s Lalu Prasad and Congress always opposed the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. Shah pointed out that Congress has always opposed reservation for the backward classes. Sarairanjan block comes under the Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency where Rai is seeking a reelection. Rai, who is the NDA nominee, is up against RJD’s Alok Mehta.
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Union Minister Anurag Thakur lashes out at Congress, accuses party of receiving support from Pakistan
Anurag Thakur was speaking to the media during an event in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday alleged the influence of foreign powers in the Congress manifesto and accused the grand old party of receiving support from Pakistan. He said the BJP never believes in politics in times of disaster and emergencies, but the Congress has stooped so low that it is doing politics in such matters as well.
Anurag Thakur was speaking to the media during an event in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district on Monday. He also applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its proactive role during disastrous floods and rains in Himachal Pradesh. The Union Minister said that the Modi government has distributed crores of rupees in Himachal Pradesh during the disaster.
Thakur took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that the Wayanad MP forgot to follow his own slogan of daro mat. He said that Gandhi is running from one seat to another while fearing defeat in the ongoing Loksabha elections. Thakur further added that Rahul Gandhi first ran from Amethi to Wayanad and now he is contesting from Rae Bareli and the Congress will be wiped out from Rae Bareli as well.
Anurag Thakur targeted the Congress and said the grand old party is living in fool’s paradise of winning the elections on false promises. The Union Minister claimed that the Congress’s dreams will be shattered on June 4 after the election result announcement.
Anurag Thakur is contesting Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Hamirpur seat. He said he was confident that BJP will win the election this time as well. He claimed of having support of the people of the constituency. He also said that his victory margin this time would be more than the previous margin of about 4 lakh votes. Thakur who is a 4 time MP also expressed optimism that the BJP-led NDA will win more than 400 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
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