ED Gearing up to Book PMLA Case Against Jagan

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) team led by dy. director N Sridhar met chief secretary S V Prasad and informed him that they are all set to file a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Jagan and others. According to sources, the team also took in to their possession 22 important files relating to the mining leases granted to companies floated by Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy from the state Secretariat.

Sources said, among the files taken by ED included files related to the exemption of seigniorage fee given to VANPIC Private Limited, limestone lease in an extent of 822.13 acres in Ranga Reddy district in favour of Penna Tandoor Cement Company, change of name from Walchand Tandoor Cement company to Penna Tandoor Cement company and bauxite lease over an extent of 85 hectares in Jerella Block-1, Visakhapatnam, in favour of AP Minerals Development Corporation.

The files relating to bauxite leases to the extent of 617, 460, 113.92, 152 and 93.886 hectares in Ananthagiri, Chittamgondi and Galikonda village in Visakhapatnam district also granted to APMDC, limestone leases over an extent of 266.12 hectares in Dachepally, 145.26 hectares in Vemvaram village and 202.33 hectares in Chennayapalem village in Guntur district in favour of Saraswathi Power and Industries Private Limited were also seized by the ED.

Files pertaining to Raghuram Cements, Dalmia Cements, Eswar Cements and Bharathi Cement Corporation were among the other files taken by the ED. Sarawathi Power and Industries, Raghuram Cements, Eswar Cements and Bharati Cement companies are directly owned by Jagan. Interestingly, all the mine leases were granted in 2007-08.

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.