Censorship (and organised crime) thrive in Modi's India. Demonetisation Scam Unravelled, media houses impose blackout
Kapil Sibal's press conference today was apparently blanked out by major TV channels. It seems NDTV began showing it and immediately took it off air. Some reports may be seen here. The original sting videos, in which the first claims to be a collaboration by journalists fed up of their organisations' refusal to criticise the government, are lengthy and show the entire scam in a series of parts.
That is available here: https://tnn.world/tsunami-of- stings-modis-bjp-unmasked- part-1/
Kapil Sibal of the Congress today showed a video,
claiming it was an expose on currency exchange conducted by the BJP government
after demonetisation. The Congress have also alleged that the Election
Commission is not taking any action against the ruling BJP despite the many
cases of poll code violation reported against them. Sibal has directly
attacked BJP Chief mentioning that the exchange was conducted by a special team
drawn from officials from all departments and it was headed by none other than Amit
Shah himself. Under it, currency from various ministers and business
houses were brought in planes to Hindon Air Base from
where it was taken to the Reserve Bank – at a charge of 35 to
40 per cent. Mr Sibal referred at
the series of investigations and raids that have been taking place over the
last weeks and quoted:
“The biggest scam
in India’s history is demonetisation… It is sad that our agencies will
investigate the opposition, but not those in power.” He also claimed that
despite the existence of many such sting videos, no agency was ready to
undertake any investigation on the ruling government. Sibal did not even
exclude alleging the Election Commission for turning a blind eye. “We have given them
(the Election Commission) so many complaints. They are not acting and we don’t
have the time to go to court since there is hardly any time.”
While calling Demonetisation the
biggest scam in India, Sibal has released a video via his press conference,
where he has named a RAW official, Rahul Shrirang Ratharekar whose Field
Assistant – Cabinet Secretary ID card is visible in the video. Others
named and shown in the video who are allegedly a part of the currency exchange
scam are Sanjay Channe, Indusind Bank Manager from Mumbai
Fort Branch, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and others.
KEY DISCLOSURES:..
If we recall the
series of events, within five days of demonetisation, scrapped currency bills
worth Rs 3,118.51 crore were deposited in eleven Gujarat
district cooperative banks linked to the BJP. This was cited in an official RTI
reply. The Indo-Asian News
Service (IANS) published
a report on the RTI information cited by the Congress. These details were
obtained by the activist Manoranjan S Roy and provided by the chief general
manager and appellate authority of NABARD.
The RTI information
showed how the the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank (ADCB) netted
the highest deposits of demonetised notes among district co-op banks, and
received Rs 745.59 crore within five days of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s announcement on November 8, 2016.
The news agency
said BJP president Amit Shah was the bank’s chairman in 2000,
and continued to
be a director - a position he has held for several years... read more, and watch Kapil Sibal’s press conference: https://www.khabarbar.com/ politics/demonetisation-scam- kapil-sibal-press-conference/