Madhu Koda, Jharkhand's former Chief Minister,has been summoned by the enforcement directorate for interrogation.
This student activist turned politician has been charged with laundering 4000 crores,almost a fifth of the annual budget of the state he once ruled.He owns a coal mine in Liberia, hotels and three companies in Mumbai, property in Kolkata, and hotel in Thailand.
In 2000, he was elected to the assembly with the BJP ticket. He became a Panchayat Raj Minister under Chief Minister Babulal Marandi.In 2005, he contested as an independent candidate, as he was denied a ticket by BJP.He won and agreed to support the BJP government led by Munda. In September 2006, he withdrew his support to Munda.He was chosen by the United progreesive Alliance to become the Chief Minister.He resigned on September 2008.
On October /10/2009, he was accused of acquiring enormous wealth. He to escape the arrest , has got admitted in hospital for illness. The tax authorities claim that they have discovered documents relating to severalillegal transactions worth some 200o crores (20 billion).
Koda has done wriggling in a short time.It is beyond imagination, beyond comprehension.
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