Ranchi:
Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda has once again failed to turn up before the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The ED had summoned Koda to appear before it by 3 pm on Thursday in connection with corruption charges amounting to 4000 crore rupees. Koda has been ignoring ED summons.
ED officials were expected to question Koda this afternoon along with two of his associates Sanjay Chowdhary and Binod Sinha.
On Wednesday night, fresh summons were pasted on Koda's door at his house in Ranchi. He is apparently campaigning in Chaibasa for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand.
Koda claimed that the ED did not serve him a notice.
Two weeks ago, he was rushed to hospital with a severe stomachache after investigators accused him of collecting assets worth 4000 crore.
The charges of corruption couldn't come at a worse time. Koda, who was Jharkhand's chief minister between 2006 and 2008, has formed a new political party, the Jharkhand Navnirman Morcha. He has six candidates contesting the elections from the Chaibasa area, including his wife, Geeta.
Koda is a Lok Sabha MP from Chaibasa. Determined apparently to try and make the best of a bad situation, Koda tried to use the corruption controversy as a crowd-puller. He offered to reveal the names of top politicians at a rally; these, he promised, were the people determined to frame him.
Like many other political promises, this remained unfulfilled. All Koda revealed was "National parties and regional parties, are both out to get me, as they cannot digest the fact that an independent rose to such eminence in politics."
The ED had summoned Koda to appear before it by 3 pm on Thursday in connection with corruption charges amounting to 4000 crore rupees. Koda has been ignoring ED summons.
ED officials were expected to question Koda this afternoon along with two of his associates Sanjay Chowdhary and Binod Sinha.
On Wednesday night, fresh summons were pasted on Koda's door at his house in Ranchi. He is apparently campaigning in Chaibasa for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand.
Koda claimed that the ED did not serve him a notice.
Two weeks ago, he was rushed to hospital with a severe stomachache after investigators accused him of collecting assets worth 4000 crore.
The charges of corruption couldn't come at a worse time. Koda, who was Jharkhand's chief minister between 2006 and 2008, has formed a new political party, the Jharkhand Navnirman Morcha. He has six candidates contesting the elections from the Chaibasa area, including his wife, Geeta.
Koda is a Lok Sabha MP from Chaibasa. Determined apparently to try and make the best of a bad situation, Koda tried to use the corruption controversy as a crowd-puller. He offered to reveal the names of top politicians at a rally; these, he promised, were the people determined to frame him.
Like many other political promises, this remained unfulfilled. All Koda revealed was "National parties and regional parties, are both out to get me, as they cannot digest the fact that an independent rose to such eminence in politics."
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