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Former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi. (X)
The Congress chief was served a discover on Saturday directing him to look on the ED workplace at 10.30 am on Monday
Former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi on Monday skipped the ED summons in a cash laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities within the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Joshi, the previous public well being engineering (PHE) division minister, was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its workplace in Jaipur.
The Congress chief was served a discover on Saturday directing him to look on the ED workplace at 10.30 am on Monday.
Nevertheless, Joshi didn’t seem earlier than the ED citing inadequate time to assemble paperwork. Joshi mentioned he has sought a time interval of 15 days to look earlier than the ED with all of the required paperwork.
Talking to reporters at his residence right here, he mentioned, “The ED had requested me to look with sure paperwork. It was not attainable for me to gather all of the paperwork in a brief time frame so I’ve sought time of 15 days.”
Joshi mentioned no irregularities befell within the tendering course of below the Jal Jeevan Mission throughout his tenure and the allegations in opposition to him are baseless.
“The businesses ought to work with none strain. It has been three months because the BJP authorities was shaped in Rajasthan. If there was any irregularity, motion would have been taken by now,” he added.
On January 17, the ED had carried out searches on the premises of Joshi and others as a part of the probe linked to the alleged irregularities within the Jal Jeevan Mission. The company had mentioned it seized Rs 39 lakh “unaccounted” money after the raids.
