No one has courage to touch me, I am not even afraid also: Bhupesh Baghel

•Former CM lashes out on ED investigation

Raipur (Team Newsbuddy): Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has given his first reaction on the raid conducted by the ED team in the liquor scam case. He said that ED did not have any ECIR number.

Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that ED officials have not found anything from my residence. A pen drive of conversation between Manturam and Puneet Gupta has been found in the search of my house. Bond papers of the company of Raman Singh’s son Abhishek Singh have been found, CM Madam’s file was lying, whose name he left as soon as he heard it. They did not take this paper.

Efforts are being made to defame Congress leaders. This raid was a well-planned conspiracy to defame me. This raid by ED has been done as a revenge.

Our business is farming

He also told that ED team has found 33 lakh rupees in the raid. We live here in a joint family. Also, our business is farming. We do farming in 140 acres. The money we have in the house is the income from farming and dairy business. Only 33 lakhs have been found from us. Note counting machine was ordered by ED so that it can be publicized in the media that the note counting machine has come. A lot of money must have been found. There was a complete account of the gold and jewelry in our house, they did not take it. There is a complete account of the cash.

‘I am not even afraid of death…’

Bhupesh Baghel said, ‘No one has the courage to touch Bhupesh Baghel. Bhupesh Baghel is not even afraid of death. I am neither afraid of losing nor of dying. ED does not have any ECIR number. When we asked about it, they did not have any answer. 7 years ago a serious allegation was made against me. Nothing was found in that case because SC acquitted me. They will not get anything in this case either.

Raids are conducted for asking questions in the assembly

I asked a question in the assembly and a raid was conducted. This makes it clear that asking questions in the assembly has become wrong. When Kawasi Lakhma asked a question, he was put in jail. The investigation of the liquor scam is going on for 3 years, they have not been able to submit the final report yet. When I asked a question in the assembly, a raid was conducted at my place.

‘All this is BJP’s political conspiracy’

When I was acquitted in the CD scandal, the BJP got upset. When I was acquitted, I said only one thing – Satyameva Jayate.

But the kind of action taken today shows that the BJP can go to any extent. The BJP has nothing to do. It does such acts to harass and persecute the opposition in the country.

If ED has come to raid the former Chief Minister’s house and the raid ends in a few hours, then it should be understood that nothing was found. The people of the state and the country already know that ED had come only to defame. The way I have been made AICC General Secretary and given the charge of Punjab, BJP is scared of this.

BJP got nervous because I even asked a question in the assembly and sent it for action. BJP’s character is to defame and conspire. ED had come only to trouble.