Health Minister Satyendar Jain's arrest is part of conspiracy to harass AAP government, he says
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been allocated additional charge of portfolios of Health, Home, Power, Water and Industries, which were held by Satyendar Jain.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed reliable sources have suggested that the central government is now planning to arrest Deputy CM Manish Sisodia soon.
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday lambasted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for "giving a clean chit" to arrested Cabinet Minister Satyendar Jain
Defending Satyendar Jain who has been arrested in a money laundering case, Kejriwal said he is a hardcore patriot and an honest person and the allegations against him are "completely false''.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the case against Satyendar Jain was "complete fraud" and he was targeted for political reasons.
AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal broke his silence on the arrest of his minister Satyendar Jain by the ED, saying the case is "completely fake and politically motivated"
Jain was taken into custody under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a few hours of questioning on Monday, ED officials said.
The agency had said last month that assets worth Rs 4.8 cr of Jain's family and companies 'beneficially owned and controlled' by him were provisionally attached as part of a money laundering probe
"Just as petrol pumps are seen everywhere, EV charging and swapping stations will also be seen everywhere in the coming times," the minister said.
Power minister Satyendar Jain claimed the coal stock figures cited by him in his letter to Union Power minister R K Singh was authentic and if there was any confusion, it was created by the Centre
The Delhi government has written to the Centre to "appreciate the efforts" made by it for replenishing coal stock at plants supplying electricity to the city
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that there was a severe coal crisis across the country and many places have just one day of reserve left.
According to an officials statement, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the government is keeping a close eye on the situation
Daily cases count in Delhi is being reported in range of 100-200, we are keeping an eye on hospital admissions, and that is going down. Focus shouldn't be on positivity rate much as of now, Jain said
Jain said his party's membership drive has been successful in the hill state as three lakh people joined AAP in the last fortnight
The ED case of money laundering against the AAP minister stems from an August 2017 FIR by the CBI against him and others on charges of alleged possession of disproportionate assets
The Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital, the mainstay of the city's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, now has "zero patient" admitted at the facility, the first time since March 2020
Addressing a press conference here, he said that the charge for using the station facility would be 'Rs 2 per unit', which he claimed would be the 'lowest in the country'
He said governments should take care of both the taxpayers and the ones who cannot afford quality healthcare