It was being taken for distribution ahead of the PM’s rally, says Congress.
The Congress on Wednesday alleged that ‘cash for votes’ was being transported in Arunachal Pradesh, and played a video tape that showed bundles of currency allegedly being carried in the motorcade of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu.
The cash, the Congress claimed, was meant to be distributed to people ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally at Pasighat on Wednesday.
“The theft committed by the chowkidar (watchman) has been caught red-handed,” said Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, who addressed a press conference almost at the same time Mr. Modi was addressing the rally in Pasighat.
Mr. Surjewala claimed that the car, from which 1.8 crore was recovered, belonged to Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein.
“Was 1.8 crore of hard cash being transferred for the rally of PM Modi in Pa sighat, personally in the CM’s convoy and in the safe hands of [the] State BJP president?” he asked.
He said the money was recovered in the presence of administration officials, including the Deputy Commissioner of the Siang district and the EC observer.
Midnight raid
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