BJP state spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo today targeted the state government over a land grabbing spree by ruling party alliance leaders.
Shahdeo addressing a press conference at BJP media centre said that on the lines of Gangs of Wasseypur, Gangs of Chhotanagpur were supporting former Chief Minister Hemant Soren and many members of the JMM in preparing fake documents to acquire land illegally.
Two months after the arrest of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in land scam. The Enforcement Directorate few days back arrested four persons another JMM leader Antu Tirkey and three others in a land scam case.
The ED conducted raids against Tirkey, Priyaranjan Sahay, real estate trader Vipin Singh, and Irshad on Tuesday. After that, they were taken to the ED office in Ranchi late at night for questioning and then placed under arrest. Former JMM National Committee member Antu Tirkey had left the party in 2019 after failing to secure an assembly election ticket. However, he returned to the JMM fold in 2022.
Shahdeo alleged that the government has completely ignored Love Jihad. “Now, land jihad has also started in this government,” he said and added that the prominent people who were accused of tampering with documents in the occupation of 8.86 acres of benami land occupied by former Chief Minister Hemant Soren are Irshad, Afsar Ali, Imtiaz, Saddam, Talha, and Faiyaz. Pratul wanted to know whether it was true that the members of Gangs of Wasseypur had free rein to enter the Chief Minister’s residence after 8:00 pm and the CCTV cameras were also switched off at that time.
He urged the agencies to call the security officer of that time and get information on this issue because, by now, these people would have destroyed the CCTV footage.
Pratul said that the Land Jihadi gang captured the valuable land of Kachnar Toli of Jagannathpur. In this, the name of Zakir, who was associated with the alliance, also came up. Along with Zakir, Mubarak Khan, Shamim Khan, Iqbal, Nasir Ikram, Abdul, Salim, Rashid, Hussain, Manjoor, and Anwar have also been accused.
Pratul said that this government did not commit only land robbery during the tenure of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren. “Rather, emphasis was also placed on the employment of youth, which is further evident from the WhatsApp chat between Vinod Singh and Hemant Soren. This is also part of the ED charge sheet. The work of selling the dreams of the youth was done for Rs. 25-25 lakhs,” he alleged.
Pratul said that after Prem Prakash, Amit Aggarwal, Pankaj Mishra, Antu Tirkey has now debuted as the new scam eagle. Antu’s diary entry made it clear that the game of land plunder was going on under government patronage.
Pratul said that information is being received that entries of transactions with many big leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha have also been found in Antu Tirkey’s diary.
Pratul said that after giving the slogan of Youth First, Hemant Soren, who came to power, transformed the entire party and government into Family First. “Be it a matter of mine allotment or land allotment, everything went to his close relatives, close friends, and their family members. The common tribal residents felt cheated throughout the entire episode,” he said.
