Satyapal Malik CBI Raid: The country’s largest investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (February 22) raided more than 30 locations of different people, including the house of former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik. According to the report of news agency ANI, this raid is being conducted in the case of alleged corruption related to Kiru Hydroelectric Project contract in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
When CBI raided, Satyapal Malik was admitted in the hospital. He wrote on the social media platform Despite this, my house is being raided by government agencies on behalf of the dictator. My driver and my assistant are also being raided and harassed unnecessarily. I am a farmer’s son. I will not be afraid of these impressions. I am with the farmers.”
Who is Satyapal Malik?
Satyapal Malik was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir between 2018-19. He has been the Governor of four states. Apart from Jammu and Kashmir, he has been the Governor of Bihar, Goa and Meghalaya. Satyapal Malik wanted to emerge as the hero of Jats: Has been the governor of 4 states, gave this statement on PM in connection with Pulwama.
Raid at Satyapal Malik’s house
CBI raided 30 places including the house of former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik in the case of corruption in Kiru Hydroelectric Project. Satyapal Malik is originally a resident of Hisavada village of Singhawali Ahir police station area in Baghpat.
Kiru Hydroelectronic corruption case
The CBI has conducted raids in a case related to alleged corruption in awarding civil works of the Rs 2,200 crore Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP). Satyapal Malik had claimed that he was offered a bribe of Rs 300 crore to approve two files related to the project.
According to the report of Indian Express, a senior leader of Haryana BJP had said that Satyapal Malik wanted to become the hero of the Jat community in western UP. But before this could happen, the party removed him by making him the Governor. He was associated with BJP for a long time. As soon as he became the Governor, his distance from political circles reduced.
Attacking on PM Modi
Former Governor Malik, while attacking PM Modi, had once called him an arrogant person. He had said that I went to meet the Prime Minister with my resignation in my pocket, but within five minutes I had a fight with him. I had asked him to talk to the farmers. On this he had said that let the farmers remain lying there, they will go away themselves.
Satyapal Malik had held PM Modi’s government responsible for the Pulwama attack. He had said that the attack in 2019 happened due to the negligence of CRPF and Home Ministry. He had said that CRPF had asked for planes from the government, but it refused to give it. Taking advantage of this the terrorists attacked.
Attacking PM Modi, Satyapal Malik had said in an interview that the Prime Minister politicized the martyrs of Pulwama. He had said that the PM had politicized the killing of 40 CRPF jawans and the Indian Air Force attack in Balakot during the Lok Sabha elections. Voters were asked for votes in the name of Balakot airstrike.
Satyapal Malik last came into limelight during the performance of women wrestlers. In April last year, he had reached the demonstration of women wrestlers going on at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. While supporting the wrestlers, he had said that just as agricultural laws have been withdrawn, similarly you will get success in ending corruption in wrestling.
CBI has already raided Satyapal’s hideouts
This is not the first time that CBI has raided the premises of Satyapal Malik in the Kiru Hydroelectric Project case. Last year in May also, CBI had raided 12 places in the same case, one of which was that of a former associate of Satyapal Malik. The investigating agency had raided the house of Saunak Bali, who was the media advisor of Satyapal Malik. However, it is not yet known in which states the 30 locations where the raid is taking place are.
This is why there was a fight with PM Narendra Modi
Satyapal Malik was a leader of BJP, but now he was counted among the enemies of BJP. This enmity started during his tenure as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview given to Channel News, Satyapal Malik had told that he had an argument with PM Modi regarding the Pulwama attack and the farmers’ movement. Was. I told PM Modi that these farmers have been sitting on strike for 4 months, talk to them. If you don’t want to talk yourself, then if you talk through someone else then he will say no, nothing will happen and he will go away. I reacted to this and said that we cannot fight with them, we just talk to them. After this my conversation with him stopped.
