New Delhi:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reiterated that there is strong documentary and oral evidence against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the disproportionate assets case.
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the CBI has said, "The investigation against Mayawati is based on cogent evidence available in the form of documentary evidence, oral evidence and strong circumstantial evidence which shows nexus between income of the relatives and Mayawati, as well as between Mayawati and 'donors' to her and her relatives."
The affidavit also says that the CBI be allowed to file a chargesheet before the CBI court in Lucknow. The Supreme Court may take up this case tomorrow.
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister had moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the disproportionate assets case in May 2008. The Supreme Court had stayed the filing of chargesheet against her by the CBI.
Mayawati had, earlier, also alleged that the CBI was being used as a political tool against her. She had told the Court that the Income Tax authorities found all her income was genuine and had cleared her. She also told the court that the CBI should drop the case against her as it did not exist.
In its latest affidavit, the CBI says the clean chit by the tax authorities is relevant only for taxation purpose and cannot have any impact on her disproportionate assets case.
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has been accused of assets that are disproportionate to her income. Her declared income rose from Rs. 1 crore in 2003 to Rs. 50 crore in 2007.