Congress accuses BJP of trying to bribe voters in Arunachal Pradesh 

A screenshot of the video showing the recovery of the cash from a car in Arunachal Pradesh. 

New Delhi: Congress spokesman Randeep Surjewala, on Tuesday night, presented two videos that show some money being removed from a car in the presence of police officers in Arunachal Pradesh and registration numbers of two cars have also been recorded. He has alleged that the police have recovered ₹1.8 crore in ₹500 notes, from the vehicles that were part of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu’s convoy. 

However, the Congress didn’t vouch for authenticity of the videos.

Cash of approx 1.8 cr recovered allegedly from the convoy of BJP's Arunachal Pradesh CM, Deputy CM & Arunachal BJP President.

Glad to see EC officials acting like alert chowkidars!
This money is being counted in front of EC's Expenditure Officer Samrita Kaur Gill. pic.twitter.com/qlcmE9QLLi

— Zainab Sikander (@zainabsikander) April 3, 2019

Surjewala claimed that the money was being transported in vehicles from the Siang guest house at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh. He also asked about the origin of the recovered money and whether the cash was used for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally.

“Was this part of ₹80 lakh crore black money that the PM promised to bring back within 100 days of assuming power?” Surjewala sarcastically said. 

‘नोट लो,वोट दो'

अरुणाचल प्रदेश के पासीघाट में 'Cash For Vote Scandal' भाजपा का असली चेहरा उजागर कर रहा है।

भाजपा के मुख्यमंत्री व भाजपा के अरुणाचल अध्यक्ष के काफ़िले से ₹180 लाख कैश 500-500 के नोटों में बरामद हुए।

क्या ये ‘काला धन’ मोदी जी की पासीघाट रैली के लिए आया था ? pic.twitter.com/pETOoYkSDk

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) April 3, 2019

आज प्रजानतंत्र के लिए काला दिन है !

‘चोर’ की चौकीदारी और 'चौकीदार' की चोरी रंगे हाथों पकड़ी गयी है।

क्या इस प्रकार से काला धन से रैली में नोट मंगवाकर, नरेंद्र मोदी जी चुनाव जीतना चाहते हैं?

क्या अब मुख्यमंत्री के Carcades को पैसा लाने व ले जाने के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जायेगा? pic.twitter.com/mASRQjPbKe

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) April 3, 2019

Arunachal Pradesh chief electoral officer Kaling Tayeng has confirmed the recovery of the cash, however, district officials are yet to send formal report about the seizure, he said.

“It is true that a cash amount of Rs 1.8 crore were recovered on Tuesday night from some vehicles. But we don’t have the exact details yet. Since the deputy commissioner and police superintendent of East Siang district are busy with the prime minister’s rally in Pasighat, they have not sent a report yet about the recovery. We would be able to get a clearer picture once the report is available by late afternoon,” Kaling Tayeng said.

Surjewala has demanded that a case to be registered against the PM, the Arunachal Pradesh chief minister, deputy chief minister as well as the state BJP chief Tapir Gao.

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