Ministers, businessmen in MP tax evasion list

The Income Tax Department has released the list of those involved in tax evasion case during former Chief Minister Kamal Nath's tenure. It includes names of 64 MLAs and leaders, including former Chief Ministers Digvijay Singh and Sajjan Singh.

Bhopal: The Income Tax Department has released a list of people connected with former Chief Minister Kamal Nath in alleged tax evasion. Their assets were raided during the Lok Sabha elections. The names of 64 MLAs along with the amount are enlisted. The matter has stirred controversy in the state ever since its onset.

Government departments listed

The list issued by the Income Tax Department contains the names of many government departments, where the money came from, but the names of the ministers heading these departments are not written along with them, especially the PWD department, which was handled by the then Minister Sajjan Singh Verma.Rs 720 lakh was written in front of this department,

Meanwhile, it should be noted that the then Minister of Urban Development and Administration, Jayawardhan Singh, son of Digvijay Singh is mentioned. The amount of 720 lakh rupees is written along with this department too. Apart from this, the Department of Energy is also included in this list, but the name of the then Minister Priyavrat Singh is not mentioned in the list. The amount of 100 lakh has also been written in front of this department. The same amount of 100 lakh is mentioned in front of the PHE department, the then minister of this department was Sukhdev Panse.

64 persons including Digvijay Singh may be questioned

The documents which were seized in the raids of the Income Tax Department that were carried out during the Kamal Nath government reveal the involvement of many prominent personalities. The Election Commission has already revealed the names of three IPS officers and a State Service officer.

Now the list issued by the Income Tax Department includes names of 64 MLAs and leaders, including former Chief Ministers Digvijay Singh and Sajjan Singh. In the list, the amount has been written in front of the names of all the MLAs, IPS officers and businessmen, in which an amount of Rs 25 lakh has been mentioned in front of the names of three IPS officers Sushobhan Banerjee, Sanjay Mane and V Madhu Kumar.

One of the receipts bears the signature of Bisahulal Singh, which states that Rs 5 lakh was received as election expenses. At the same time, along with the signature of the then state treasurer of Congress Govind Singh, an amount of Rs 3 crore was written repeatedly. In this matter, EOW can also file an FIR soon; it is believed that after the FIR is registered, the persons mentioned in the list would be questioned soon regarding the transaction.

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Names of companies and businessmen in the list

Besides the leaders and departments, several companies and businessmen are also enlisted by the Income Tax Department with the corresponding amount, which includes the names of Shiva Mining, Montana, DeGiana, Nitin Reddy, Carnival Group, Pio Anil G, M Shikharwar, Irrigation Tata, Himanshu RKM Delhi, Prism Cement, Wonder Cement, Lakhan Tiwari, A M R Montana, M P Birla, Dilip Raghuvanshi and Rajendra Gupta Trident. Amounts ranging from 200 to 5850 are written in front of all these names.

Rs 4.4 crores distributed among 64 MLAs

According to the report of the Income Tax Department, it has been revealed that during the Lok Sabha elections, Rs 4.4 crore was distributed among 64 MLAs including BSP's Sanjeev Singh and Ram Bai. This amount ranges from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 75 lakhs. It is being told that three crores,20 lakh rupees were given to the Lok Sabha candidates.

Apart from this, evidence was sought from the people to whom the money was delivered. These people had given in writing that the money had reached them along with their signature. These include several leaders along with Bisahulal Singh, Madhu Bhagat, Rajaram Tripathi and Sanjeev Kushwaha.

Money sent across

After collecting money from businessmen, different departments and companies, it was sent to different places. Rs 18 crores to Delhi, Rs 40.50 crores to Bhopal, Rs 15 crores to Jabalpur, Rs 39.58 crores to Lalit Chalani, Dharmas received 11.50 crore, Rs 20 crores was sent to AICC.

Ex-Congress leaders who joined BJP also included

Before the by-elections in Madhya Pradesh, many Congress leaders and former Ministers had left Congress and joined BJP. The names of these leaders are also included in the list issued by the Income Tax Department. The list mentions the names of Bisahulal Singh, Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Rajyavardhan Singh Dattigaon, Andal Singh Kansana, Girraj Singh Dandotia, Ranveer Jatav, Kamlesh Jatav, Raksha Santram Sirolia, Pradum Lodhi, Rahul Lodhi, Narayan Singh Patel, Sumitra Devi Kasdekar, Manoj Chaudhary and BSP’s Ram Bhai and Sanjeev Singh Kushwaha.

Digvijay Singh's allegation

Digvijay Singh, in a press conference, questioned the Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh, alleging his connection with Neeraj Vashistha who was retained by Shivraj Chauhan even when he was not in power, whereas no other former Chief Minister was assisted by a Group 1. Neeraj Vashistha is the same person who was accused of fraudulent money transactions in 2013.

Former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh fearless of investigation

Regarding the name of the Congress leaders and officials that came to light in the CBDT report, former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh said that if my name is there, then an inquiry must be done, we are not afraid of any investigation. So while accusing the Shivraj government, Digvijay Singh said that files are gradually opening in a similar manner in which action was being taken on the land and sand mafia case during Kamal Nath government, especially in the e-tender where transaction of thousands of crores was involved.

Perhaps this is the reason why Shivraj Singh Chauhan at that time used to say from the open platform that if this government remains in power for 5 years then we will be ruined. At that time, the officer who disclosed this matter has now been appointed to the most senior position by the present government today. After all, the reason behind this is that the District Magistrate who had revealed the e-tendering scam, has now been appointed as the Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister.