Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday alleged that the conspirators are hell-bent to overthrow the current government of the State because "they know that we will strengthen tribals so much that those coming from outside will be thrown out."
The ED had rejected Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's request to prepone his questioning date to November 16 instead of November 17, which was earlier fixed in the agency's second summon, according to the sources.
The federal agency cited some investigation related issues and its preparedness while declining Soren's request, and said that the Chief Minister will have to depose before the investigation officer at its Ranchi-based regional office on November 17 which it fixed in its previous summons to
The government ledf by Chief Minister Hemant Soren is likely to pass Bills related to the domicile policy based on 1,932 land records and 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities.
The first summon was issued on November 1, in which ED had asked Hemant Soren to appear on November 3, but later three weeks' time was sought from the Chief Minister citing official engagement.
"It was not proper for the High Court to entertain a PIL which is based on mere allegations and half-baked truth that too at the hands of a person who has not been able to fully satisfy his credentials and has come to the Court with unclean hands," the court said.
The UPA workers held the demonstration to lodge their protest against alleged misuse of central agencies including against Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand.
SC on Monday held that the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in Jharkhand High Court for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe against Soren is not maintainable.
Soren's lawyer had forwarded the same request earlier too which was denied by the election commission of India citing that this is a communication between two constitutional institutions which cannot be shared with anyone else.