Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son, Vaibhav Gehlot, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a foreign exchange violation case.

Gehlot’s son has been summoned in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, on October 27 in Jaipur.

Ashok Gehlot took to X (formerly Twitter) and said, “Date 25/10/23 Congress launches guarantees for women of Rajasthan. Date 26/10/23 ED raid on Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Ji Dotasara, Summons to my son Vaibhav Gehlot to appear in ED. Now you can understand what I have been saying that ED’s Red Rose is happening inside Rajasthan because BJP does not want that women, farmers and poor in Rajasthan should get the benefit of the guarantees given by Congress.”

The raid comes days after chief minister Ashok Gehlot claimed that BJP is misusing ED to harass the Congress. “The non-stop ED raids in Rajasthan is proof that Congress is winning the election. Unable to win the trust of the people of Rajasthan, the BJP is misusing ED to harass the Congress,” Gehlot had earlier said on X.

The summons are linked to the recent ED raids against Rajasthan based hospitality group Triton Hotels & Resorts Pvt. Ltd., Vardha Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and its directors and promoters Shiv Shankar Sharma, Rattan Kant Sharma and others, the report added.

ED raids on Congress state chief

The probe agency, ED, conducted raids on the residence of Congress’ state unit president Govind Singh Dotasara and Independent MLA Om Prakash Hudla in connection with the alleged paper leak case in Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher 2021, being conducted for recruitment of government school teachers.

The ED officials reached Dotasara’s residence in Jaipur and Sikar. He was there at his Sikar residence when the ED action started at 8:30 am. The searches are being held in six other locations including a coaching centre in Sikar alleging that Dotasara has some links with the coaching centre.

Dotasra is the Congress’ candidate from Lacchmangarh seat of Sikar against BJP’s Subhash Maharia. He is also the sitting MLA from this seat, while Hudla is an independent MLA from the Mahwa constituency and has been given a Congress ticket for next month’s election.

(With inputs from PTI)