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Congress slams ED raids on premises of former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's son
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....ongress slams ED raids on premises of former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's son<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 10-3-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) The Congress on Monday charged that the ED raids on the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel were a "conspiracy" to "manage headlines" on a day when Parliament's Budget session reconvened and the government faces questions fro....
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....m the opposition on multiple issues. Baghel's office on his X handle said the "false case" against him is carrying on for the last seven years. He also said that no one will be able to stop the Congress in Punjab, where Baghel has just taken over as in-charge of party affairs. "When the false case going on for seven years was dismissed in the court, today ED guests have entered the Bhilai resi....
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....dence of former Chief Minister, Congress General Secretary Bhupesh Baghel this morning. If someone is trying to stop Congress in Punjab through this conspiracy, then it is a misunderstanding," Baghel said in a post on X. Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said in a video statement that the raids look like a "conspiracy" to manage headlines when the opposition is seeking to....
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.... corner the government in Parliament over several issues. "Today, when the Parliament session is starting, the BJP, which is cornered from all sides, got the ED to raid the house of senior Congress leader, Mr. Bhupesh Baghel ji, in order to change the headlines and divert the country's attention from tariff, falling economy, voter list fraud etc," he charged. "The BJP should understand that it....
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.... will neither be able to stop the Congress, nor any of our leaders. We are not afraid, nor will we be afraid," Khera said in his post on X. In a video statement, he also said no one knows why the ED raid is being conducted against Bhupesh Baghel at his residence in Bhilai. A few days ago the court had cancelled a case against Baghel and now there is no case against him, he claimed. The Parliam....
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....ent session is starting today and the BJP, which is cornered from all sides, is seeking to distract and indulge in some headline management, the Congress leader said. "It is possible that is a conspiracy to that end. It is also possible that Bhupesh Baghel has started activities in Punjab where he is in-charge of party Affairs and thus is an attempt to disturb him in Punjab. But ED certainly is ....
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....acting as an arm of the government and this will not be forgotten," Khera said The Enforcement Directorate on Monday raided the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel as part of a money laundering investigation against his son in the alleged liquor scam case, official sources said. The premises of Bhupesh Baghel's son-- Chaitanya Baghel-- in Bhillai (....
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....Durg district), an alleged close associate of Chaitanya Baghel, Laxmi Narayan Bansal alias Pappu Bansal, and some others are also being searched under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said. Chaitanya Baghel shares the Bhillai accommodation with his father and hence the premises are being covered. He (Chaitanya Baghel) is suspected to the "recipient" of....
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.... the proceeds of crime of the liquor scam, they said About 14-15 premises are being raided in the state, they said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier said the Chhattisgarh liquor "scam" resulted in a "massive loss" to the state exchequer and filled the pockets of the beneficiaries of a liquor syndicate with more than Rs 2,100 crore of proceeds of crime. PTI SKC DV DV<BR> News - Press re....
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