Jairam Ramesh writes to CBI, seeks Amit Shah’s quizzing over ‘Sangma govt most-corrupt’ remark

Last updated Mar 23, 2023 6

Guwahati: Senior Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh wrote to the director of the Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) Subhodh Kumar Jaiswal requesting that the investigation’s team question Union home minister Amit Shah regarding his remarks regarding the Meghalaya government.

Jairam Ramesh drew attention to the fact that the home minister had previously referred to the Conrad Sangma-led Meghalaya administration as the most corrupt in the entire nation before later endorsing him. This was before the northeastern state’s just ended assembly elections.

Taking to Twitter he shared a copy of the letter and wrote, “I have written to the Director of CBI asking CBI to question the Home Minister further on his categorical assertion that Conrad Sangma’s Govt in Meghalaya was the most corrupt in the country-That of course did not prevent BJP from supporting the same Conrad Sangma again.”

I have written to the Director of CBI asking CBI to question the Home Minister further on his categorical assertion that Conrad Sangma's Govt in Meghalaya was the most corrupt in the country-That of course did not prevent BJP from supporting the same Conrad Sangma again. pic.twitter.com/PxJn52J8ui
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 23, 2023

The letter read, “I wish to bring to your notice the fact that Shri Amit Shah said in his public speech on Feb 17, 2023 that the then government of Meghalaya was the most corrupt government in the country. Shri Amit Shah is also the Home Minister of India. In his capacity as the Home Minister, he would surely have had access to information and facts that led him to the above conclusion.”

Jairam Ramesh further wrote, “For some inexplicable reasons, the Home Minister, who is also the former national president of Bhartiya Janta Party, has failed to act upon the information regarding the corrupt practices and instances of the then Meghalaya government.”

“Therefore, in the highest national interest, we urge you to summon Shri Amit Shah and ask him to submit all the information and facts that led him to stated assessment and investigate the matter. We also urge you to investigate if the Home Minister of India was under any undue duress from his party or other forces, to suppress the information related to the corruption of Meghalaya, in order to enable his party Bhartiya Janta Party to support the same Chief Minister after the recent Meghalaya elections,” Jairam Ramesh added.