Ajit Jogi-led Chhattisgarh Janata Congress (CJC), which is continuously giving tough fight to major Opposition Congress Party, AAP and ruling BJP, got a major blow from Union Bank of India; the Bank administration seized the bank account of CJC opened at UB branch in Pandari, Raipur on the complaint filed by RTI activist Kunal Shukla.
Shukla first retrieved information through RTI following which the CJC’s account was seized.
Union Bank of India seizes bank account of Ajit Jogi’s Chhattisgarh Janata Congress
The bank had replied that the account has been opened in the name of M/s Chhattisgarh Janata Congress, and no KYC form was submitted.
Taking strong objection over the opening and functioning of the account the RTI activist filed a complaint with RBI and election commission in Delhi saying that on that prefix only departmental, shop, firm or company will be allowed to open its account and operate.
A party which is not registered with election commission cannot be allowed to operate its account in a bank to have deposition of funds, he added.
Finally, under the instructions of the RBI, UB seized the operations and bank account of CJC at its branch. Kunal Shukla further said, “I have received information that operation of the bank account is illegal hence the complaint was filed, and the bank account of CJC was closed.”
Apart from these, the RTI activist also filed a complaint with the state admin to cancel the allotment of a government bungalow to Ajit Jogi which is acting as party headquarters for the party.