Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi expressed a shocking reaction over wad of cash found on his seat in Rajya Sabha.
Congress MP and Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated that he was there in house for three minutes on Thursday.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned that, “I am quite astonished to even hear about it. I never heard of it. I reached the inside of the House yesterday at 12.57 pm. The House rose at 1 pm. From 1 to 1:30 pm, I sat with Ayodhya Prasad in the canteen and had lunch. At 1:30 pm, I left Parliament. So my total stay in the House yesterday was 3 minutes and my stay in the canteen was 30 minutes. I find it bizarre that even on such issues politics is raised.”
He further stated that, “Of course there must be an inquiry as to 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. If it was not tragic and serious it would be comical. I think everybody should cooperate in getting to the bottom of this and if there is a failing in the security agencies that must also be completely exposed.”
Jagdeep Dhankhar OnThis Incident
Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar informed about the wad of cash found on seat of Congress leader.
Dhankhar mentioned in his statement that, “I hereby inform the members that during the routine anti-sabotage check of the chamber after the adjournment of the House yesterday. Apparently, a wad of currency notes was recovered by the security officials from seat number 222 which is presently allotted to Abhishek Manu Singhvi, elected from the state of Telangana..The matter was brought to my notice, and I made sure an investigation takes place and the same is underway.”
Mallikaarjun Kharge On This Incident
Reacting to this Congress National President Mallikaarjun Kharge said that, “I am not going beyond that, I know that you will not allow us. You said that this matter is under investigation then his/her name should not have been taken. I request that until the investigation is done and the authenticity of the incident is established, a member should not be named.”
