Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 24, 2022, 10:05 AM
Delhi: The Gehlot government has started tightening the noose on Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Court notice has been issued in the horse-trading case of MLAs. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) served notice to Union Minister Shekhawat in Delhi on June 16, issued by the subordinate court regarding taking voice sample. The next date in the case is the first week of July. It is noteworthy that in this case, about a year ago, the Bureau had requested the subordinate court of Jaipur metropolis to allow taking voice sample of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
ACB wants to take voice samplesThe Bureau's research officer had told the court that accused Sanjay Jain had admitted to having a conversation and voice of Union Minister Gajendra Singh with himself in an audio during interrogation. Citing this fact, the research officer had expressed the need to take a sample of Gajendra Singh's voice. The Metropolitan Magistrate Court had refused to order the taking of the voice sample. On the presentation of the revision application against this order, the Additional District and Sessions Court, on the request of the Research Officer, ordered to seek reply through notice to know the side of the Union Minister. On this, the Research Officer of the Bureau has now served notice to the Union Minister Singh.Shekhawat was accused of toppling the governmentIn the year 2020, there was a political uproar in Rajasthan over the rebellion of the Pilot faction. CM Ashok Gehlot had accused Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of toppling his government. Mahesh Joshi, the then government chief whip in the assembly, had given a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Bureau on June 10, 2020, regarding the alleged horse-trading of MLAs. On this, the bureau registered a case on 17 July 2020. Recently, CM Gehlot had criticized the sluggish functioning of the ACB. After Gehlot's advice, ACB has come on active mode. ACB served the notice.The old feud between Gehlot-ShekhawatCM Ashok Gehlot and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat have had an old tradition in the politics of Rajasthan. Both come from Jodhpur district. In the Lok Sabha elections, CM Shekhawat had defeated CM Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot. There is a war of words between the two leaders regarding ERCP. CM Gehlot slammed Shekhawat for not declaring ERCP as a national project. Gehlot said that despite being from Jodhpur, he could not get ERCP declared as a national project. In response, Shekhawat accused the Gehlot government of stalling the project.
ACB wants to take voice samplesThe Bureau's research officer had told the court that accused Sanjay Jain had admitted to having a conversation and voice of Union Minister Gajendra Singh with himself in an audio during interrogation. Citing this fact, the research officer had expressed the need to take a sample of Gajendra Singh's voice. The Metropolitan Magistrate Court had refused to order the taking of the voice sample. On the presentation of the revision application against this order, the Additional District and Sessions Court, on the request of the Research Officer, ordered to seek reply through notice to know the side of the Union Minister. On this, the Research Officer of the Bureau has now served notice to the Union Minister Singh.Shekhawat was accused of toppling the governmentIn the year 2020, there was a political uproar in Rajasthan over the rebellion of the Pilot faction. CM Ashok Gehlot had accused Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat of toppling his government. Mahesh Joshi, the then government chief whip in the assembly, had given a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Bureau on June 10, 2020, regarding the alleged horse-trading of MLAs. On this, the bureau registered a case on 17 July 2020. Recently, CM Gehlot had criticized the sluggish functioning of the ACB. After Gehlot's advice, ACB has come on active mode. ACB served the notice.The old feud between Gehlot-ShekhawatCM Ashok Gehlot and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat have had an old tradition in the politics of Rajasthan. Both come from Jodhpur district. In the Lok Sabha elections, CM Shekhawat had defeated CM Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot. There is a war of words between the two leaders regarding ERCP. CM Gehlot slammed Shekhawat for not declaring ERCP as a national project. Gehlot said that despite being from Jodhpur, he could not get ERCP declared as a national project. In response, Shekhawat accused the Gehlot government of stalling the project.