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 ‘Money Heist’, which depicts a gaggle of robbers finishing up elaborate heists.
The prime minister made the feedback in response to a submit on X by the BJP, which shared a video displaying photos of Sahu with senior Congress leaders, together with get together chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, and the stacks of money seized throughout Income Tax raids on premises linked to the Jharkhand MP.
The BJP captioned the video “Congress presents the Money Heist!” whereas the collection’ in style title music performs within the background. “In India, who needs ‘Money Heist’ fiction, when you have the Congress Party, whose heists are legendary for 70 years and counting,” the prime minister mentioned in his submit.
In India, who wants ‘Money Heist’ fiction, when you might have the Congress Party, whose heists are legendary for 70 years and counting! https://t.co/J70MCA5lcG
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 12, 2023
The money seizure within the Income Tax division’s searches towards Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Private Limited 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 mentioned on Sunday.
The residences of Sahu had been additionally searched. The restoration has given contemporary ammunition to the BJP to come back out all weapons blazing on the Congress on the problem of graft.
BJP MP Giriraj Singh mentioned, “You will see how the extent of corruption in the Congress Party is exposed. All this money (Rs 351 crores) was being saved by the Congress to be used in the upcoming elections against PM Modi. The ‘Ghamandiya’ alliance has given no statement concerning this seizure. Neither has Arvind Kejriwal given his stance on Satyendra Jain’s arrest nor has Mamata Banerjee cleared the air around Partha Chatterjee’s arrest…The people of India will give a befitting reply to the Congress Party…”
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju mentioned, “Congress party and corruption are two synonymous words. The ongoing IT raids against Dhiraj Sahu and all other corrupt activities happening around the country by the Congress and its alliance are getting exposed so the Congress party is very upset with the agencies and the PM. The Congress party can’t escape from their wrong deeds, they have to pay a price…”
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 mentioned, “We have a clear stand, that it has nothing to do with the Congress party. Dheeraj Sahu himself will have to explain why such a seizure is being made from his house. The party is not associated with this at all. We saw weeks ago that a video has come out of a Union Minister’s son where he is talking about crores of rupees.”
