"Never Heard Of It": Congress MP Reacts After Cash Bundle Found Under His Seat
Congress MP and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday expressed his surprise over a bundle of currency notes reportedly recovered from seat number 222, allotted to the him in the Rajya Sabha. The Upper House’s chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, had on Tuesday informed that during a routine anti-sabotage checkup conducted after the adjournment on Thursday, security officials found the currencies from the seat allotted to the Congress MP.
The MP denied the claim, saying that he never heard it, asserting that he only carried one Rs 500 note to the Rajya Sabha.
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“Never heard of it till now. I carry one Rs 500 note when I go to Rajya Sabha. I heard about this for the first time. I reached the House at 12:57 PM, and the House rose at 1 PM, then I sat in the canteen till 1:30 PM, and then I left the parliament,” news agency ANI quoted the Congress MP elected from Telangana.
The Congress leaders have slammed the chair for mentioning the name before conducting the investigation. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said he has no objection to the probe, adding that the chair should not have named the MP since the investigation is underway.
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Dhankhar had informed the House that the bundle of notes had been found. He said that the matter was brought to his notice, adding that he has ordered an investigation, and inquiry is currently underway.” BJP chief JP Nadda had called the incident an “insult” to the Rajya Sabha’s integrity.
Congress MP Singhvi said there must be an investigation wondering how people can come and put anything anywhere in any seat. “It means that each of us must have a seat where the seat itself can be locked and the key can be carried home by the MP because everybody can then do things on the seat and make allegations about this,” the MP said.
