Did three suspended Congress MLAs offer Rs 10 crore per MLA to topple Jharkhand govt?

The Congress party has been struggling to hold its footprints in states. In the latest development, Congress has suspended three MLAs, who were held with a huge amount of cash in West Bengal on Saturday, with immediate effect. And, in a major revelation, another Jharkhand Congress MLA has accused the trio of toppling the JMM and Congress-led Jharkhand government by offering him Rs 10 crores.

 

 

The three MLAs, Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap, and Naman Bixal Kongari were traveling in an SUV on National Highway-16 at Ranihati in Bengal when the police intercepted their vehicle. The relatives of Congress MLA Irfan Ansari rebutted allegations that BJP is trying to destabilize the JMM-Cong coalition government in Jharkhand, making the surprising statement," the government cannot be brought down with just a meager sum of Rs 40-50 lakh".

 

 

Asserting the Hemant Soren-led Congress-JMM government in Jharkhand is stable and will complete its term, AICC state in-charge Avinash Pande said the three accused MLAs were working to weaken the legislative party and also misleading other members. "The party leadership is aware of who all are part of the conspiracy and will take action at an appropriate time," he said.

 

 

Apart from this, Bermo MLA Kumar Jaimangal Singh has alleged that the three MLAs were planning to go to Assam and meet CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in a conspiracy to topple the Hemant Soren government. He claimed that the trio are calling him to Kolkata and offering Rs 10 crore and an assured ministerial berth in the new Jharkhand govt after the collapse of the current one.

 

 

According to him, the MLAs want to take him to Guwahati and meet Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Sarma will assure him the money and the ministry. He further says that Irfan Ansari has already been promised the health ministry in the new govt.