A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to cancel the bail of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on a CBI plea in connection with the IRCTC scam. However, Special Judge Geetanjali Goel asked Yadav to be more careful and choose appropriate words.
The CBI had claimed that in a recent press conference, Yadav had attempted to sabotage the process of law and sabotage the entire investigation as well as the consequential trial, and openly abused the liberty given to him. was.
The court passed this direction after hearing arguments, in which Yadav claimed that he had not violated any of the conditions laid down in the bail granted earlier.
“I (Yadav) am in the opposition and it is my duty to question the wrongdoing. The present government is ‘misusing’ the CBI and the ED. All the opposition parties are feeling it,” Yadav’s lawyer told the court.
Lawyer Maninder Singh said, “I am a deputy CM, you are getting a lot of infamy. You are trying to create a narrative. I am a public figure, I have to answer the questions of the press and in that press conference I That’s what it did.
“What about my right to reputation? I am a public figure,” he said.
Advocate DP Singh, appearing for CBI, said, “You don’t need any other meaning. One paragraph is enough.”
“The convention was held on 25th, as he had become deputy CM a day before that,” he said.
The court said the detailed order would be passed later.
The court had granted bail to Yadav in October 2018, when he appeared in pursuance of summons issued against him in a case related to alleged irregularities in award of operating contracts of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels to a private firm. Were.
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