PMC Bank Fraud: Varsha Raut had been asked to appear before the ED s Mumbai office.
Mumbai:
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut s wife has been issued summons by the Enforcement Directorate on January 5 after she sought more time on Tuesday to appear for questioning in the PMC bank fraud case. Varsha Raut had been called in by the agency that investigates financial crimes on Sunday prompting a war of words between Maharashtra s ruling Shiv Sena and ally-turned-adversary BJP which governs at the centre. Harassing anti-BJP people seems to be the national duty of the ED. I pity the ED as it used to have some reputation earlier. Now nobody respects these organizations. It is tragic to see these organizations being ordered around, Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday.
BJP using Central agencies to topple Maha govt: Sanjay Raut
MUMBAI: Launching a veiled attack on the Centre after the ED summoned his wife, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday alleged Central agencies were being used to “destabilise” the Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra and claimed BJP leaders had been in touch with him for over a year to effect this plan.
Raut told reporters that BJP leaders had a list of 22 MLAs of the Congress and the NCP with them “who will be made to resign under the pressure of the Central investigating agencies”.
Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, which was formed in November 2019 after the Sena and the BJP fell out over sharing the post of chief minister following the Assembly elections.
BJP using Central agencies to topple Maharashtra govt: Sanjay Raut
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Last Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 05:21 PM IST
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Launching a veiled attack on the Centre after the ED summoned his wife, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday alleged Central agencies were being used to destabilise the Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra and claimed BJP leaders had been in touch with him for over a year to effect this plan.
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Launching a veiled attack on the Centre after the ED summoned his wife, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday alleged Central agencies were being used to destabilise the Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra and claimed BJP leaders had been in touch with him for over a year to effect this plan.
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Raut said his wife is a teacher, adding our income has not grown by Rs 1,600 crore This politics is played out of frustration when you cannot fight your political opponents face to face, he said
The Sena MP said he had been doing regular correspondence with the ED for the last one-and- a-half months regarding a Rs 50 lakh loan taken by his wife ten years ago
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday (December 28) attacked the Centre after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned his wife Varsha Rau in connection with the PMC bank scam case. Raut alleged Central agencies were being used to destabilise the Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra.
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The Shiv Sena leadership together with its alliance partners in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government will take a collective decision on whether Sena MP’s wife Varsha should appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning.
Sanjay s wife, Varsha Raut, was on Sunday asked to appear before the federal agency in Mumbai on December 29 in the PMC Bank money laundering case. This was the third summons issued to her after she skipped the earlier two on health grounds. Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress joined forces and said the summons were an attempt to target opposition leaders by the central government.