<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> said the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> has decided to "brazen it out in Arunachal Pradesh" with Chief Minister Pema Khandu keeping control over all files that have to be part of the CBI inquiry ordered by the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a>.</p><p>Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday alleged that all principles and norms have been abandoned by the BJP in the case of the Arunachal Pradesh CM, saying this was an "insult" to the Supreme Court.</p><p>"The BJP has clearly decided to brazen it out in Arunachal Pradesh, even though the Supreme Court has ordered a CBI investigation on the decision of the chief minister there," the Congress leader said in a post on X.</p>.LDF accuses Congress-led UDF of politically motivated staff transfers; govt rejects it.<p>"The CM continues to be PWD minister as well and therefore has control over all files that have necessarily to be part of the CBI inquiry. All principles and norms have been abandoned," he added.</p><p>This is an "insult" to the Supreme Court, to the people of Arunachal Pradesh, and to the Constitution of India, he said.</p><p>The Congress last month had challenged why Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Khandu has not been removed even after the Supreme Court directed the CBI to begin an investigation into charges of corruption against him.</p><p>Ramesh had said this amounts to "gross travesty" of the Supreme Court order itself.</p>.Why has Arunachal CM not been removed even after Supreme Court ordered CBI probe against him? Asks Congress.<p>He had said it was on April 6, 2026, that a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court directed the CBI to commence a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the Arunachal Pradesh chief minister's family was awarded contracts worth Rs 1,270 crore over 10 years from January 2015 to December 2025 in a direct conflict of interest.</p><p>On April 6, the apex court directed the CBI to register a preliminary inquiry into allegations of preferential allotment of contracts for public work in Arunachal Pradesh to firms allegedly owned or related to the family members of Chief Minister Khandu.</p><p>Observing that the state and its instrumentalities cannot confer benefits according to the "whims of any political or administrative functionary", the apex court had said it was a fit case where an "independent investigation" was necessary.</p><p>The bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath had said where a case concerns the integrity of public procurement and involves allegations of conflict of interest at the highest levels, an investigation must not only be fair but also must appear fair.</p><p>(<em>with PTI inputs</em>)</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress">Congress</a> said the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> has decided to "brazen it out in Arunachal Pradesh" with Chief Minister Pema Khandu keeping control over all files that have to be part of the CBI inquiry ordered by the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a>.</p><p>Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday alleged that all principles and norms have been abandoned by the BJP in the case of the Arunachal Pradesh CM, saying this was an "insult" to the Supreme Court.</p><p>"The BJP has clearly decided to brazen it out in Arunachal Pradesh, even though the Supreme Court has ordered a CBI investigation on the decision of the chief minister there," the Congress leader said in a post on X.</p>.LDF accuses Congress-led UDF of politically motivated staff transfers; govt rejects it.<p>"The CM continues to be PWD minister as well and therefore has control over all files that have necessarily to be part of the CBI inquiry. All principles and norms have been abandoned," he added.</p><p>This is an "insult" to the Supreme Court, to the people of Arunachal Pradesh, and to the Constitution of India, he said.</p><p>The Congress last month had challenged why Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Khandu has not been removed even after the Supreme Court directed the CBI to begin an investigation into charges of corruption against him.</p><p>Ramesh had said this amounts to "gross travesty" of the Supreme Court order itself.</p>.Why has Arunachal CM not been removed even after Supreme Court ordered CBI probe against him? Asks Congress.<p>He had said it was on April 6, 2026, that a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court directed the CBI to commence a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the Arunachal Pradesh chief minister's family was awarded contracts worth Rs 1,270 crore over 10 years from January 2015 to December 2025 in a direct conflict of interest.</p><p>On April 6, the apex court directed the CBI to register a preliminary inquiry into allegations of preferential allotment of contracts for public work in Arunachal Pradesh to firms allegedly owned or related to the family members of Chief Minister Khandu.</p><p>Observing that the state and its instrumentalities cannot confer benefits according to the "whims of any political or administrative functionary", the apex court had said it was a fit case where an "independent investigation" was necessary.</p><p>The bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath had said where a case concerns the integrity of public procurement and involves allegations of conflict of interest at the highest levels, an investigation must not only be fair but also must appear fair.</p><p>(<em>with PTI inputs</em>)</p>
