Chandigarh, The ruling A in Punjab said on Thursday that the Enforcement Directorate’s claim that party leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain held meetings with GMADA officials is “completely false, baseless and politically motivated”.
Their role in Punjab is purely political and they have no involvement whatsoever in the GMADA’s day-to-day functioning or projects, it added. Files were taken by senior GMADA officials outside its office at the PUDA Bhawan informally for meetings with Jain and his Officer on Special Duty Amarendra Jha at House No. The ED also searched the residence of Punjab minister Hardeep Singh Mundian’s nephew at Ludhiana’s Sahnewal. “The Punjab government will examine the entire matter in detail.
926, Sector 39, Chandigarh, regarding important policy decisions like auctions and master plan changes benefitting private individuals, the ED has claimed. The senior A leader was not present when the federal agency reached the house in Sector 39, Mohali, and officials broke open the locks to gain entry, sources said.
Neither Sisodia nor Jain has any role in the projects of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority , its functioning or official matters, the party said in a statement. The agency is looking into alleged irregularities in land acquisition, changes in land-use permissions, property auctions and financial concessions granted to private realtors, the sources said. It said the state government would take the strongest possible legal action against those found responsible for any illegal conduct during the operation. Whoever is found responsible for illegally entering a Punjab government office, taking away its records or committing any other unlawful act will face the strongest possible legal action available under the law,” the A said.
On Wednesday, ED sleuths searched a house in Chandigarh where former Delhi minister Jain often resides.
