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New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday accused four-time BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and his wife Anamika Gautam of large-scale corruption and loan scam, and demanded a thorough investigation into the Jharkhand couple’s alleged financial irregularities worth crores of rupees.
Congress leader and chairperson, social media and digital platforms, Supriya Shrinate described Dubey as the “blue-eyed boy” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and said the corruption case is so serious that the 56-year-old BJP MP may lose his Parliament membership from Godda seat.
Sharing details of the Lokpal complaint against the MP, he said at a media briefing, “This is a clear case of disproportionate assets. We also want to see how impartially the Lokpal acts in this case.”
He said, “Our demand is that this entire matter should be thoroughly investigated. Also, it is necessary to discuss what action the Lokpal is taking and what response the Lokpal has given. Nishikant Dubey and his wife should give an explanation in this matter, because this is a case of corruption on a large scale.”
The Congress leader said, “Every day in the country, 19 people are committing suicide due to financial constraints and farmers are being forced to commit suicide. On one hand, people are taking loans and mortgaging their jewelery to survive. One-fourth of people’s income is going towards repaying loans. On the other hand, the wealth of Nishikant Dubey’s wife has increased from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 32 crore.”
Srinet alleged that according to the information received from Anamika Gautam’s IT return in 2013-14, her annual income was Rs 4 lakh. But his annual income, which was Rs 4 lakh, increased to Rs 2.16 crore in 2017-18. “Their income increased 54 times,” he said.
“There is no connection between the declared income and assets of Anamika Gautam,” he said.
Citing Dubey’s affidavits filed while filing election nomination papers, the Congress leader wondered how the loan was given to Dubey’s wife by four persons without any security.
“Nishikant Dubey’s wife Anamika Gautam has taken loans of around Rs 8.28 crore from four people – Abhishek Jha: Rs 1.20 crore; Gurinder Sikka: Rs 3.24 crore; Jaswinder Kaur: Rs 1.34 crore, and Yogesh Kumar: Rs 2.50 crore.”
He said, “It is strange that nothing was kept as security in this loan. Also, what is surprising is that Abhishek Jha, who had given the loan to Nishikant Dubey’s wife, contested elections from Godda against the same people.”
“Abhishek Jha says that he did not give any loan to Nishikant Dubey’s wife. The question is, if the loan was not given then where did the money come from?” He said.
Sharing details of public complaints against Dubey, he said, “On May 24, 2025, a complaint was filed before the Lokpal regarding the property of Nishikant Dubey ji’s wife. An order was issued on July 24, 2025, in which the Lokpal bench directed Nishikant Dubey to respond within 4 weeks.”
–IANS
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