The CBI, in an affidavit filed on Friday in a corruption case against her, said it has statements of witnesses to show that she virtually forcibly acquired gifts from people. Claiming that it was serious about prosecuting the chief minister and her relatives, the CBI said it has got clinching evidence to prove that they acquired wealth and built assets far exceeding their legal income.
The investigating agency's affidavit comes close to a row involving a garland, reportedly made of Rs 1,000-denomination currency notes and valued at about Rs 21 lakh, that was presented to Mayawati in Lucknow on 25th anniversary of the BSP on March 15.
The CBI said former UP governor T V Rajeswar's June 2007 order, denying it sanction to prosecute Mayawati and her former cabinet colleagues in the multi-billion-rupee Taj Heritage corridor scam, did not imply that it should also abandon the disproportionate assets case against them.
The Taj Heritage corridor scam involved government allotment of large tracts of land along the proposed corridor to a private builder for a song.
The CBI's affidavit was filed in response to Mayawati's lawsuit, seeking the apex court's direction to scrap the corruption case against her. She contended that the corruption case was filed by the Congress-ruled central government to arm-twist her and settle political scores with her.
The CBI said it has completed its probe into the case and was ready to file its chargesheet in the SC any time.
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