Congress general secretary and party in charge of the state, Avinash Pandey said, “The three MLAs, who were held with a mountain of cash on Saturday, have been suspended from the party with immediate effect.
The Congress party on Sunday sacked three MLAs after the West Bengal Police found a large amount of cash in their vehicle on Saturday. According to the Police, the cash amount is around Rs 48 to 50 lakh but did not give the exact number.
Congress general secretary and party in charge of the state, Avinash Pandey said, “The three MLAs, who were held with a mountain of cash on Saturday, have been suspended from the party with immediate effect.
The three MLAs, Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap, and Naman Bixal Kongari were traveling in an SUV on National Highway-16 at Ranihati when the police intercepted their vehicle.
Ansari is the MLA of Jamtara, Kachchap is the legislator of Khijri in Ranchi district, and Kongari is the MLA of Kolebira in Simdega district.
Earlier, the Congress had alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to topple its coalition government, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress alliance, by poaching its MLAs.
Avinash Pandey accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and said he has phone recordings to prove that Sarma was in touch with the three MLAs. He added that he has spoken to JMM chief and Chief Minister Hemant Soren and a meeting was chaired.
Irfan Ansariâs brother, Imran had claimed that efforts were made to frame his brother, adding that the cash was meant to buy âgifts for tribalsâ. âLike every year, this year also, these people had come from Jharkhand to Kolkata’s Bada Bazaarâ. He added that every year his brother buys sarees for tribals from Bada Bazaar.
This recovery comes amid the seizure of a huge amount of cash at properties linked to Chatterjee, who is being probed in the school jobs scam.
Crores of rupees in cash were recovered in apartments of his aide, Arpita Mukherjee, besides gold believed to be in kilograms, documents of properties, and foreign exchange, forcing the Mamta Banerjee lead party to suspend him and take away his ministerial portfolios.
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