New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Kumar Lallu alleged that BJP government including state Power Minister Shrikant Sharma for their involvement in investing over Rs 2,600 crore of provident fund of state government employees in DHFL company.
UP Congress president had demanded the resignation of the Energy Minister over the EPF investment issue. However, the minister did not say a word about Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who had alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party had taken a donation of Rs 20 crore from DHFL.
"The company representatives visited the Power Minister Shrikant Sharma. The BJP government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Sharma are involved in this matter. Sharma should be dismissed as soon as possible," Lallu had said.
Two officers have been arrested in a case related to the alleged investment of Uttar Pradesh power employees' provident fund money in scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL).
Praveen Kumar Gupta, who was the secretary of the Uttar Pradesh State Power Employees Trust and the Provident Fund Trust of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation in 2016, and the then Director, Finance, Sudhanshu Dwivedi were arrested after an FIR was lodged against them at the Hazratganj police station here.
The FIR was registered against the officers on the directions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.
According to available records, Rs 2,631.20 crore of employees' GPF was invested in DHFL out of which Rs 1185.5 crore has been returned by the finance company. A total of Rs 1491.50 crore of CPF was invested in the company out of which Rs 669.30 crore has been received by the trust. DHFL is yet to return Rs 2267.9 crore (principal amount) of GPF and CPF to the trust, the statement said.
