Congress cries conspiracy after Jharkhand MLAs detained with cash in Bengal, TMC seeks probe | Top points
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Three Congress MLAs were held by West Bengal Police in Howrah district with a huge amount of cash. While the Congress accused the BJP of toppling the government, the TMC demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.
Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand were stopped in West Bengal's Howrah district by the police on Saturday evening after a huge amount of cash was found in their vehicle.
Acting on a tip-off, the SUV in which MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari were travelling was intercepted on National Highway-16 at Ranihati in Panchla police station area.
Ansari is the MLA of Jamtara, while Kachchap is the legislator of Khijri in Ranchi district, and Kongari is the MLA of Kolebira in Simdega district.
The arrest of the three Congress MLAs led to allegations of political "horse-trading".
The Congress accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to topple its coalition government, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress alliance, by poaching its MLAs.
“Everyone saw how Assam became the focal point for toppling governments. Drama happened for 15 days and ultimately the Maharashtra government was toppled... this indicates that there's a conspiracy to destabilise the Jharkhand government. Things will be clearer in coming times,” Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur told ANI.
