The Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP is trying to topple the JMM-led government in Jharkhand, offering Rs 10 crore to each MLA, and heavy charges against three of its MLAs who were arrested in West Bengal’s Howrah. A complaint has been lodged with the police with cash in quantity. Acting on a tip-off, the West Bengal Police on Saturday evening intercepted a sports utility vehicle in which Congress MLAs – Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Bixal Kongari – were traveling, and allegedly seized around half a crore in cash. were found in. Vehicle. After questioning, he was formally arrested on Sunday afternoon and later remanded to ten days’ CID custody.
Rejecting the Congress charge, BJP spokesperson in Delhi Syed Zafar Islam accused the old party of blaming it for the wrongdoings of its own MLAs and counter-claimed that Jharkhand has become a “den of corruption”. . Addressing a press conference in Ranchi, Congress minister Alamgir Alam said earlier in the day that party’s Bermo MLA Kumar Jayamangal had allegedly paid Rs 10 crore each to other MLAs and a minister to help the BJP against three MLAs. Filed a complaint with the police for being offered the post. Form government in the state.
“Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Bixal Kongari were asking me to come to Kolkata and offer money, promising Rs 10 crore per MLA. Ifran Ansari and Rajesh Kachhap wanted to take me from Kolkata to Guwahati, where according to them a meeting was scheduled with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma,” claimed Jayamangal. After registering a complaint at Argora police station in Ranchi, he said that he has demanded action against the three MLAs under Section 7(C) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120(B) of the IPC related to criminal conspiracy.
He said that he has urged the police to put a stop to criminal activities which are injurious to the health of democracy. An official of Argora police station said that they are transferring the case to the neighboring state since the cash was recovered in West Bengal.
The Congress, which is part of the JMM-led government in Jharkhand along with Lalu Prasad’s RJD, has already suspended three MLAs. Senior Jharkhand BJP leader Babulal Marandi also claimed that Congress has hatched a conspiracy to defame his party by filing a false police complaint to hide its sins.
“It is shameful and ridiculous. They do not trust their own MLAs. They are trying to hide the corruption and misdeeds of their MLAs,” said Marandi, a former chief minister. Bengal police officials said near Kolkata. Two others, including three MLAs and their driver, were arrested after they failed to respond to the police for carrying Rs 49 lakh in cash while traveling in an SUV on National Highway 16 through Howrah district.
They could not explain the reason for carrying such a huge amount. We are not satisfied with his claim that he had come here to buy saris to be distributed among tribal women. We have arrested them for further investigation. He said that the state CID has taken over the investigation from Howrah Rural Police.
Five people, including the MLAs, have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including criminal conspiracy and the Prevention of Corruption Act. A local court sent all of them to CID custody of five to ten days, officials said. However, BJP spokesperson Islam pointed out that officials linked to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren were arrested for suspected corruption following a recent Enforcement Directorate investigation, and now three Congress MLAs from across the country travel to Bengal in large quantities. Has been observed. cash.
“The Congress has been exposed again. Corruption has reached a large scale in Jharkhand. The state government has often indulged in corruption and the state has become a den of corruption.”
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