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 hereThe 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. 

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/  

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