There's A Conspiracy, Says Jharkhand Congress Chief After MLAs Caught With Huge Cash
NDTV
Jharkhand Congress chief said that the incident is saddening and the state unit will submit a report to the party's high command on the matter.
After three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand were caught with a huge amount of cash in West Bengal's Howrah on Saturday, state party chief Rajesh Thakur claimed that there is a conspiracy to destabilize the government.
The Congress leader referred to the Maharashtra political crisis that ended last month with the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray government after a faction of Shiv Sena MLAs revolted against the party chief, and stayed in Assam's Guwahati.
Earlier on Saturday, three legislators were apprehended including Irfan Ansari, MLA from Jamtara, Rajesh Kachhap, MLA from Khijri and Naman Bixal, MLA from Kolebira. The huge cash was recovered from their cars in Howarah on Saturday evening.
Speaking to ANI, Mr Thakur said, "Everyone saw how Assam became the focal point to topple governments, drama happened for 15 days and ultimately the Maharashtra govt was toppled... this indicates that there's a conspiracy to destabilize the Jharkhand government. Things will be clearer in coming times."
