Rajasthan paper leak: ED summons Vaibhav Gehlot after fresh raids at 11 location including Congress state president

Jaipur: ED intensifies major crackdown against those who involved in Rajasthan paper leak case and carried out raids in 11 locations, including Congress Rajasthan president Govind Singh Ji Dotasara and grand old party candidate’s premises on Thursday. The Central probe agency also summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot.

The raids happened three days after chief minister Ashok Gehlot accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre of misusing the ED to harass the ruling Congress in Rajasthan. Reports claims that searches are going on in Jaipur, Dausa and Sikar, including the residential premises of both the Congress leaders ahead of Rajasthan assembly elections.

Reacting to the ED’s action, CM Gehlot targeted the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), saying the saffron party does not want women, farmers and poor in Rajasthan should get the benefit of the guarantees given by Congress.

“ED raid on Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasara – Summons to my son Vaibhav Gehlot to appear in ED. Now you can understand what I have been saying about ED’s raids happening every day in Rajasthan because BJP does not want women, farmers and poor in Rajasthan should get the benefit of the guarantees given by Congress,” the Rajasthan CM posted on X.

दिनांक 25/10/23

राजस्थान की महिलाओं के लिए कांग्रेस की गारंटियाँ लॉंच

दिनांक 26/10/23

-राजस्थान कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष गोविन्द सिंह जी डोटासरा के यहाँ ED की रेड

– मेरे बेटे वैभव गहलोत को ED में हाज़िर होने का समन

अब आप समझ सकते हैं, जो मैं कहता आ रहा हूँ कि राजस्थान के अंदर ED की… pic.twitter.com/6hUbmCHCW1

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) October 26, 2023

The ED action occurred just three days after Gehlot accused that the BJP is using the ED to harass the Congress. Asserting that the Congress will win the polls, he said in a post on X, “The non-stop ED raids in Rajasthan are proof that Congress is winning the election. Unable to win the trust of the people of Rajasthan, the BJP is misusing ED to harass the Congress.”

Earlier also, ED searches at a coaching institute, private persons, and others as part of its ongoing money laundering probe into the alleged question paper leak of the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers, 2021. Raids were conducted at eleven places in Nagaur, Sikar, Dausa and Jaipur on October 17.