New Delhi: Ex-law minister of Delhi and advocate Somnath Bharti, Thursday, wrote to each Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding “audit” and “vigilance” into utilization of growth and discretionary funds by Union Minister & Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and his occasion’s leaders.

Somnath Bharti’s representations got here 4 days after Manjhi, at a celebration occasion in Bihar’s Gaya, publicly acknowledged that each MP/MLA took commissions from growth funds, such because the Members of Parliament Native Space Growth (MPLAD) scheme.

“Both it quantities to a public admission of systematic corruption within the utilisation of public funds, or it constitutes reckless and false generalisation, gravely defaming constitutional establishments and trustworthy legislators,” he stated.

The BJP has distanced itself from Manjhi’s remarks, with BJP chief and minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal calling it “private opinion”.

‘Devices for monetary extraction’

Bharti, in his letters, additionally expressed issues over Manjhi’s son, HAM(S) chief Santosh Suman, being inducted as a Bihar minister regardless of not having received an meeting election, cautioning of grave constitutional implications.

At the moment, Suman is the Minister for Minor Water Assets of Bihar.

The Aam Aadmi Occasion chief wrote that “public advocacy of commission-taking”—learn with the truth that Manjhi is serving because the Union Minister (Central Authorities) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)—created a “reliable apprehension” that growth funds and govt workplaces is likely to be perceived as “devices for monetary extraction, until addressed via seen institutional safeguards”.

His letters weren’t simply to accuse, Bharti additional wrote, calling his warning “preventive” and aimed toward guaranteeing transparency, with out alleging guilt.

Manjhi has sparked a number of controversies together with his Gaya statements during which he additionally expressed displeasure over not being allotted a Rajya Sabha seat, because the NDA purportedly promised him after the 2024 elections. He additionally demanded an RS seat after the Bihar by-polls scheduled for April 2026.

He stated, “We aren’t an atypical occasion in Purnia, Magadh, and Munger divisions. We even have supporters in West Champaran. Our occasion is robust in every single place, however the BJP has underestimated us in each election. No matter has occurred to date is okay. If we’re not given significance within the subsequent election, we’ll go our personal method.”

(Edited by Madhurita Goswami)

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