BJP state president and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi today took a dig at the state government. Marandi, while putting the Chief Minister cum Energy Minister of the state in the dock, said that in the Hemant government, there has been a fake withdrawal of ₹ 109 crore from the account of Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited (JUSNL), which is a serious economic offence.

He said that by registering a case against some officials, the state government is pretending to conduct a CID investigation in the fake withdrawal case. Marandi alleged that the credibility of the CID investigation in the Hemant government has always been under doubt and question? Is the government trying to save the big fish by conducting a CID investigation?

The BJP leader said that the state government should immediately hand over the investigation of the said case to the CBI to unearth the fraud of billions of rupees and its links with other states.

Marandi said that in the state, the corrupt people in connivance with bank employees and officials have carried out corruption in a planned manner in the electricity department on a large scale. This is not a new case in Jharkhand, but even before this, a similar scam has come to light in the Mid-Day Meal Scheme. He said that in informal talks with the officials, it is being found out that government property worth more than Rs. 500 crores is likely to be embezzled by scamsters and corrupt people, which is the result of the corrupt policies and poor administration of the state government.

The BJP leader said that if we look at the entire incident in a systematic manner, it is clear that similar scams must have happened in other departments of Jharkhand which are yet to come to light. Bank officials, employees and people from other states are also involved in this, so its investigation is not in the hands of CID or Jharkhand Police.

Marandi said that being the minister of the department, the Chief Minister cannot run away from his responsibilities. He said if the Chief Minister does not get this case investigated by the CBI immediately, then it will be clear that the government itself is trying to suppress this scam and save the culprits. He alleged that without any delay, the investigation of this case should be transferred to the CBI so that the people involved in this conspiracy along with the scamsters can be exposed.

It is also becoming clear that this is also a case of money laundering. Therefore, the Director of ED is requested to take up this matter and start investigation immediately, Marandi claimed.