New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a dig on the Congress over the restoration of greater than Rs 350 crore from premises linked to its MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu. He in contrast the Congress to the favored crime collection ‘Cash Heist’, which depicts a bunch of robbers finishing up elaborate heists.
The prime minister made the feedback in response to a publish on X by the BJP, which shared a video displaying photos of Sahu with senior Congress leaders, together with social gathering chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, and the stacks of money seized throughout Revenue Tax raids on premises linked to the Jharkhand MP.
The BJP captioned the video “Congress presents the Cash Heist!” whereas the collection’ common title music performs within the background. “In India, who wants ‘Cash Heist’ fiction, when you will have the Congress Social gathering, whose heists are legendary for 70 years and counting,” the prime minister stated in his publish.
In India, who wants ‘Cash Heist’ fiction, when you will have the Congress Social gathering, whose heists are legendary for 70 years and counting! https://t.co/J70MCA5lcG
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 12, 2023
The money seizure within the Revenue Tax division’s searches towards Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Non-public Restricted owned by the household of Sahu – the Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP – has been calculated at Rs 351 crore and is the “highest-ever” haul in a single motion by any probe company within the nation, official sources had stated on Sunday.
The residences of Sahu have been additionally searched. The restoration has given contemporary ammunition to the BJP to return out all weapons blazing on the Congress on the difficulty of graft.
BJP MP Giriraj Singh stated, “You will notice how the extent of corruption within the Congress Social gathering is uncovered. All this cash (Rs 351 crores) was being saved by the Congress for use within the upcoming elections towards PM Modi. The ‘Ghamandiya’ alliance has given no assertion regarding this seizure. Neither has Arvind Kejriwal given his stance on Satyendra Jain’s arrest nor has Mamata Banerjee cleared the air round Partha Chatterjee’s arrest…The individuals of India will give a befitting reply to the Congress Social gathering…”
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated, “Congress social gathering and corruption are two synonymous phrases. The continuing IT raids towards Dhiraj Sahu and all different corrupt actions taking place across the nation by the Congress and its alliance are getting uncovered so the Congress social gathering may be very upset with the companies and the PM. The Congress social gathering can’t escape from their flawed deeds, they must pay a value…”
The Congress alternatively has tried to distance itself from its Rajya Sabha MP saying the onus is on the MP to clarify the money recoveries.
Congress MP KC Venugopal stated, “We have now a transparent stand, that it has nothing to do with the Congress social gathering. Dheeraj Sahu himself must clarify why such a seizure is being created from his home. The social gathering is just not related to this in any respect. We noticed weeks in the past {that a} video has come out of a Union Minister’s son the place he’s speaking about crores of rupees.”
