Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur made a statement that Northeast state of Assam has recently become the focal point of toppling non-BJP governments in the country.
“Everyone saw how Assam became the focal point to topple 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 the coming times.” Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur stated.
This statement from the Jharkhand Congress president came after a state Congress legislator claimed that the three arrested party MLAs approached him about meeting Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati to discuss the overthrow of the Jharkhand government.
Notably, three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand were arrested by Bengal police in Howrah on Saturday after being allegedly caught with a large amount of cash.
On Sunday, a Jharkhand Congress MLA filed a complaint against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for the seizure of cash worth crores of rupees from three Bengal Congress MLAs.
In a complaint filed against Sarma with the Argora police station in Ranchi, Congress MLA from Bermo Kumar Jaimangal Singh claimed that his colleagues who were arrested in Bengal had asked him to meet the Assam chief minister in Guwahati with them.
Singh claimed that after bringing down the JMM-Congress government in Jharkhand, he was promised a ministerial berth and cash worth crores of rupees. Singh claimed in his complaint that the arrested Jharkhand Congress MLAs asked him to come to Kolkata and leave for Guwahati, Assam, with them. Aside from Rs 10 crore for each MLA, Jamtara legislator Irfan Ansari told him that he had been promised the position of health minister in the BJP’s new government.
“He assured me that Sarma is doing it with the blessings of the top shots in the BJP sitting in Delhi,” Singh wrote in his letter. However, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has denied the allegations and stated that he has no idea why a complaint has been filed against him.