A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Jharkhand High Court for the CBI to investigate the case of three Congress MLAs of Jharkhand arrested with Rs 49 lakh cash in Kolkata. The petition has been filed on behalf of Mithilesh Kumar Singh.
The petitioner said through the petition that Jharkhand is getting a lot of disrepute due to the cash recovery case, this case is related to Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal so it should be made clear. What is the matter behind it the ruling party is in a State of trouble regarding this incident? Many MLAs of the ruling party stayed in a hotel in Chhattisgarh for about 2 weeks in view of BJP's Operation Lotus.
Five people, including three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Vixal Kongari, were arrested on July 30 after Rs 49 lakh cash was recovered from their vehicle on National Highway 16 at Panchla in Howrah district. Now CID is probing the matter. In the case, the CID team is conducting an investigation campaign not only in Bengal, but also in Delhi, Odisha, Assam and Jharkhand.
Hearing on the defection case of Congress MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachap and Naman Vixal Kongari was held in the Speaker's tribunal on last Wednesday. The hearing was held in virtual mode, the three MLAs joined their lawyers.
During the hearing all the three MLAs requested the tribunal that they are out of the state now, so they should be given 8 weeks' time and they informed the tribunal that they are in Kolkata right now, so they are not able to give a proper answer. They need to come to Jharkhand to answer the question of the tribunal, the MLAs added.
After hearing both sides, the tribunal adjourned today's hearing and said that the next hearing will be informed later.
In the Speaker's court, Congress Legislature Party leader and Rural Development Minister, Alamgir Alam had filed a case of defection against Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachap and Naman Vixal Kongari of Congress trapped in the cash scandal. One of its hearings was held on September 1 and the date for the next hearing was fixed on September 5. Due to the assembly being in session on September 5, it was extended to September 7.
In this regard, a letter was sent to the three MLAs through a special envoy and was instructed to participate in the hearing at any cost.