CBI radar: Maya list of ‘donors’ includes Kanshi Ram’s 3 sisters

In its response to a writ petition filed by the Chief Minister for a stay of proceedings in the DA case, the CBI has alleged there was a “meteoric rise in assets possessed by the petitioner (Mayawati) since she assumed office for the first time since 1995” and that the case evolved after “clear directions” for the same were received from the apex court.

“The petitioner, having been elected Chief Minister (again), is trying other ways to escape from the law of the land,” adds the affidavit.

As reported by The Indian Express (June 22, 2008) the DA case against the Chief Minister hinges on the listing of 74 properties and 54 bank accounts in the names of Mayawati and her family members, besides 307 dubious donations.

The affidavit, accessed by The Sunday Express, comprises three volumes. The first volume contains the submissions of the CBI, Mayawati’s Supreme Court petition and several annexures of assets listed by the agency and Income Tax authorities.

The other two volumes are mostly copies of representations filed by the Chief Minister (till 2007-end) to the CBI, the President, Prime Minister and Department of Personnel and Training. These reveal that in her defence, Mayawati submitted affidavits of several people who gifted her huge sums of money — including three sisters of BSP leader Kanshi Ram — and copies of vouchers of “gold gifts” she received and subsequently sold “from time to time”, adding up to Rs 14.70 lakh.

The CBI’s affidavit is forthright. “Knowing full well that there is no merit in questioning the authority of the Supreme Court, the petitioner has conjured up another argument that the Union Government is using the CBI — such averments are factually incorrect and devoid of merit,” it says.

The affidavit, which also contains parts of the status reports filed by the CBI and IT authorities to the apex court from time to time, makes serious allegations on each segment of the DA case.

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