Former Minister Amarjeet Bhagat, currently under investigation on corruption charges, on Monday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was attempting to tarnish the image of tribal leadership.
The senior Congress leader from the tribal belt of Sarguja recently faced Income Tax searches and was later named for the first time as an accused in a coal levy corruption case in an FIR registered last month.
Drawing parallels between the actions of investigating agencies against him and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Mr. Bhagat claimed that only non-BJP leaders were being targeted. In the Jharkhand episode, Mr. Soren was accused in an alleged land scam that led to his resignation and subsequent arrest.
