'Didn't Want To Join Politics': Raaj Kumar Anand Tells Why He Resigned From AAP | EXCLUSIVE

‘didn’t wanted to join politics’: raaj kumar anand tells why he resigned from aap | exclusive

After Delhi Cabinet Minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigned from his post and submitted his resignation from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), he exclusively spoke to Times Now.

Speaking to Times Now, Raaj Kumar Anand shared why he resigned from his post. He said, “I never wanted to join politics. I joined politics because of Arvind Kejriwal’s vision. I joined him because of his ideology, seems like everything is falling apart. I have submitted my resignation to CM office.”

While reaffirming on his allegations on non-representation of Dalits in AAP, he said, “Reservation is a constitutional mandate but Aam Aadmi Party is always on back foot when it’s about Dalit representation. I emphasized on sending a female Dalit leader to Rajya Sabha, when Swati Maliwal was sent. But nobody bothered about it. A total of 13 MPs sent to Rajya Sabha, but not a single Dalit leader was sent. I raised this issue several times. Nobody heard. Spoke to Chief Minister about this.”

While reacting on getting notice from ED, he said, “I have got no notice from Enforcement Directorate on April 12.”

Notably, Anand was also under ED’s scanner in connection with a money laundering case.

On November 2 last year, the ED conducted search operations at 13 locations in Delhi NCR, Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh as part of an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [PMLA] against Raaj Kumar Anand and other connected persons/ entities.

ED’s statement on Raids:

The ED had initiated an investigation on the basis of the Prosecution Complaint filed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence [DRI] against Raaj Kumar Anand and other connected persons/ entities for the commission of an offence under various sections of the Customs Act, 1962.

As per the said complaint, Raaj Kumar Anand made hawala payments to China and evaded customs duty amounting to about Rs. seven Crore on various imports.

The court took cognizance of the offence vide order dated August 11, 2023.

During the search operations, evidence relating to unaccounted business investments and hawala payments sent to China during 2023 were recovered from key employees of Raaj Kumar Anand. Cash of Rs. 74 Lakh and various incriminating documents/digital records were recovered and seized.

These raids were conducted by the ED on the same day when Kejriwal was asked to join the probe in the Delhi excise policy case.