Overview

• Satyapal Malik has been moved to the ICU for severe kidney complications, with his condition described as "very serious" on June 8, 2025.
• On May 22, 2025, the CBI filed a chargesheet against Malik and seven others over alleged irregularities in awarding ₹2,200 crore of civil works for the Kiru Hydroelectric Project.
• Malik says he alerted the Prime Minister to corruption, personally cancelled the disputed tender, and that it was later reinstated under a forged signature.
• He alleges he turned down bribe offers of up to ₹150 crore during his governorship and claims the current charges are a government-engineered defamation effort.
• Despite a political career spanning over 50 years, Malik lives in a one-room house and is burdened by debt, which he cites as proof of his integrity.