Salient points of press conference of BJP National Spokesperson Shri Shehzad Poonawalla

Salient Points of Press Conference of BJP National Spokesperon Mr. Shehzad Poonawalla

BJP National Spokesperson Mr. Shehzad Poonawalla while addressing a Press Conference today, citing various national media reports, launched a scathing attack on the Aam Admi Party and asked whether the recoveries made by the Enforcement Directorate under PMLA, 2002 at the premises of Satyendra Kumar Jain and others where in incriminating documents, digital records, cash amounting to Rs. 2.8 Crore and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg in total from unexplained source have been seized, were proof of the “imaandari” of AAP? He asked CM Kejriwal, that despite heaps of evidence, why attempts to deviate, deflect and divert the issue of corruption charges against Satyendra Jain, “health minister” who currently is in jail and has become the “Hawalat Minister” were being made.

He alleged that the Aam Adami Party is an expert in ABCD.

A  for advertising,

B for bhrashtachar and

C for cover up corruption

D for diversion

and therefore instead of answering 10 straight question asked by Union Minister Smt. Smriti Irani ji of Shree Arvind Kejriwal, now the AAP attempts to deviate, deflect and divert the issue of corruption charges against Shri Satyendra Jain

He asked Mr. Kejriwal if he had seen the 2019 High Court order of Delhi which clearly indicts Mr. Satyendra Jain for indulging in transactions which are in the nature of money laundering and hawala and for taking these entries into the shell companies to tune of Rs. 16.39 cr. and then using this money and those shell companies to invest in 200 bighas of land which was purchased around unauthorised colonies that were regularised later on.  Did Mr. Kejriwal see the order of 2019 and despite the finding of a court gave a clean chit or is he giving clean chit to Mr Satyendra Jain without seeing this order? 

He slammed Mr Kejriwal for playing a “victim and vendetta “card and reminded him that a  court of law has remanded Mr. Satyendra Jain for 10 days in ED custody. Are the court orders and the court decisions also vendetta politics? Why is Mr. Kejriwal playing the stale “vendetta and victimhood card” when they must be telling us why no action was taken on Mr. Satyendra Jain like the action they have been claiming to have taken on the health minister in Punjab.  Why the double standards? Why the cover fire for Hawala & Hawalat Minister of Delhi? What is the majboori?

Mr. Kejriwal’s party has a unique distinction that in both states their health ministers have now became “Hawalat” Ministers. But while action is taken in Punjab Mr. Kejriwal continues to defend Mr Jain indicted by court of law and who has been denied initial relief till now in this matter. The question is why Mr. Kejriwal protecting Mr. Satyendra Jain? Mr. Kejriwal himself said those who indulge in corruption do “gaddari with the nation”. 

He also played an audio-video of how CM Kejriwal had earlier used the similar victimhood card to defend former minister Jeetendra Tomar and then had to do a U turn on his certificate of “imandari” given to him. Mr. Poonawalla asked CM Kejriwal to put in public domain the documents that were perused before grating this unilateral clean chit to Mr Jain. Mr Poonawalla also wondered how AAP has claimed that close associates of Shri Satyendra Kumar Jain from whom cash of Rs. 2.8 crore and gold coins of 1.8 kg were recovered during search by the ED were not the associated of Shri Jain even when Shri Jain has not denied his association with them and association is corroborated with money trail? Is AAP more aware of financial transactions of Shri Jain as compared to Shri Jain?

Mr Poonawalla said Satyendra Jain did not deserve any Padma award but AAP deserved a Gold Medal for Ghotala and listed a number of scandals and corruption allegations and allegations of impropriety over which AAP has remained silent.

Mr Poonawalla asked whether AAP sack Mr Jain! Yes or No? He said the BJP reiterates these above ten questions which were asked on 01.06.2022 by Hon’ble Union Minister Smriti Irani ji again .

Question 1: Can Shri Kejriwal deny that Shri Satyendra Jain with the help of his four shell companies registered in Delhi (M/s Indo Metalimpex Pvt. Ltd., M/s Akinchan Developers Pvt. Ltd., Paryas Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Mangalyatan Projects Pvt. Ltd.), family members & close associates has laundered the amount of Rs. 16.39 crore using 56 shell companies of known hawala entry operators of Kolkata during FY 2010-11 to 2015-16?

Question 2: Is it true that Shri Satyendra Jain has declared that money laundered amount of Rs. 16.39 crore (representing undisclosed income) under Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016 (IDS) on the name of his close associates and relative namely, Shri Ankush Jain and Shri Vaibhav Jain in year 2016?

Question 3: Is it true that Principal Commissioner of Income Tax – 4, Delhi has rejected the declaration of unaccounted income of Rs. 16.39 crore under the IDS vide order dated 09.06.2017 on the ground of misrepresentation of facts and had held that the unaccounted income of Rs. 16.39 crore did not pertain to Shri Ankush Jain and Shri Vaibhav Jain and Shri Satyendra Jain was the real owner of the income?

Question 4: Is it true that Division Bench of Hon’ble Delhi High Court vide its order dated 21.08.2019 in WP(C) 6541/2017 and WP(C) 6543/2017 has confirmed the findings of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax – 4, Delhi that Shri Satyendra Jain, Minister in the Govt. of Delhi was the real owner of the money laundered unaccounted income of Rs. 16.39 crore? (If copy of order is not readily available with Shri Kejriwal, the same can be sent)

Question 5: Is it true that Shri Satyendra Jain is real and beneficial owner of the shell companies namely M/s Indo Metalimpex Pvt. Ltd., M/s Akinchan Developers Pvt. Ltd., Paryas Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Mangalyatan Projects Pvt. Ltd. and he has been controlling these shell companies through shareholding held by his wife and another company M/s J.J. Ideal Estate Ltd. wherein he is holding majority shares in his name in the name of his HUF, father and wife?

Question 6: It is true that Shri Satyendra Jain has purchased more than 200 bigha of land in Karala, Auchandi, Nizampur, Budham, north & north-west area of Delhi in the vicinity of unauthorized colonies out of laundered unaccounted income of Rs. 16.39 crore in the name of the above referred to shell companies beneficially owned by him?

Question 7: Is it true that providing huge return on investment in the land in the vicinity of unauthorized colonies by Shri Satyendra Jain (Urban Development Minister) was the main reason for regularization of unauthorized colonies by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)?

Question 8:  Is it true that Shri Satyendra Jain is the prime accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act) in the chargesheet filed by the CBI?

Question 9: Is it true that Income Tax Department has taxed money laundered income of Rs. 16.39 crore in the hands of Shri Satyendra Jain?

Question 10: Is it the policy of AAP to elect a person as a Minister and to continue him even though he was engaged in the offence of money laundering, tax evasion and corruption over different period of time from FY 2010-11 to 2015-16?

(Mahendra Kumar)

Office Secretary