Punjab Minister Arrested: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, reacted to the arrest of Punjab industries and power minister Sanjeev Arora from Chandigarh, saying the Aam Aadmi Party had looted Punjab and taken it from prosperity to pauperism.
"By showing the dream of making Punjab 'Rangla', Aam Aadmi Party has looted the treasury of Punjab and made it 'Kangla'. The reports that Rs 21 lakh cash was thrown in a bag from a balcony during the ED raid, and around Rs 100 crore of funds were round-tripped, show that this was a huge betrayal of the mandate they received in Punjab," alleged Chadha.
AAP has betrayed Punjab, Punjabi, and Punjabiyat, he asserted, adding that the ruling party is completely trapped in the hands of corrupt and compromised people.
"Whenever we tried to raise such issues within the party, we were silenced. But the things coming forward after raids by agencies are shocking. The agencies will take action, but the real action will be taken by the people of Punjab in the next Assembly elections," he added.
ED Arrests Punjab Minister After Raids
Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested minister Sanjeev Arora in a fresh money laundering case against him and some entities allegedly linked to him. He was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after raids were conducted at his official residence in Chandigarh since early morning.
Officials claimed Arora (62) was "non-cooperative" during the probe. He is expected to be produced before a local court on Saturday, where the agency will seek his custody for a detailed interrogation.
The ED carried out the searches at five premises across north India as part of the action. The raids also covered two premises in Delhi and that of a company named Hampton Sky Realty Ltd in Gurugram's Udyog Vihar. The searches were launched after the central agency registered a fresh case under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).