Veep's "Invent Machine" Dig Amid Huge Cash Haul Involving Congress MP
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The raids were done at premises linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, in Ranchi and other places.
Raids against an Odisha-based distillery company, owned by a Congress MP's family, have not just yielded a staggering cash seizure of over Rs 353 crore but also a funny remark by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar. "I urge all of you... Let's invent a machine that can count currency notes at a fast rate."- Vice-President to the students of IIT Dhanbad @IITISM_DHANBADpic.twitter.com/mhTo8Jr25M
The Vice President, speaking at the 43rd convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad yesterday, asked the students to invent a machine that would enable tax officials to count massive amounts of currency notes quickly. Fifty bank officials equipped with 40 counting machines tirelessly went through five days of counting to reach Rs 353.5 crore.
The raids were conducted at premises linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, in Ranchi and other places.
