On July 31, Bengal Police formally detained the suspended Congress leaders, who were thereafter held in state CID custody for ten days.
Digital Desk: The three Jharkhand MLAs who
were allegedly found in possession of almost Rs. 50 lakhs in Howrah, West
Bengal, reportedly visited Himanta Biswa Sarma on their trip to Guwahati,
according to CID sources.
The three Jharkhand MLAs (Irfan Ansari,
Rajesh Kachchap, and Naman Bixal Kongari), who were suspended by the Congress,
reportedly met Sarma in Guwahati and were paid Rs 50 lakhs by a local
businessman in Kolkata, according to CID sources. Their reported encounter
with the Assam CM's specifics were unknown.
Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap, and Naman
Bixal Kongari, three Jharkhand MLAs, were detained by the West Bengal Police on
July 30 when they were travelling in a car with around Rs 50 lakh in cash.
On July 31, Bengal Police formally detained
the suspended Congress leaders, who were thereafter held in state CID custody
for ten days.
The three MLAs were allegedly involved in a
scheme to undermine the Congress Legislature Party in Jharkhand as well as
"misleading" other lawmakers, according to Avinash Pande, the
Congress general secretary and Jharkhand in-charge, who spoke at a press
conference after their detention.
According to him, the coalition MLAs will
resist such attempts in unison, "barring a few black sheep," and the
JMM-led government is entirely "safe and stable."
Pande said that the Hemant Soren-led
administration in Jharkhand is entirely "safe and stable" while
accusing the BJP of trying to overthrow it.
The Congress leader claimed that there have
been attempts to topple the administration in Jharkhand for the past two years,
and that occasionally, legislators are approached, threatened, or offered incentives.
It's interesting to note that Pande also
claimed the chief minister was contacting Jharkhand MLAs to try to overthrow
the government.
He claimed that Union ministers were threatening MLAs and
that the chief minister of a state was taking part in the campaign. But Pande
didn't ask for anyone's name.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee plans to reorganise the
cabinet and bring in 4-5 new members.
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