Electoral bonds BJP's 'white collar corruption': Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin at Mumbai rally
Mumbai, Mar 17: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday described the electoral bonds as "white collar corruption" of the ruling BJP and said the opposition bloc INDIA will form a secular, federal and inclusive government at the Centre.
Stalin was the first speaker at the INDIA grouping's rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done only two things in the past ten years foreign trips and fake propaganda. We have to stop this," he said.
The DMK chief said since the opposition named its bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), the BJP has stopped using the word India'.
"This is fear. PM Modi has started defaming us as corrupt, but electoral bonds proved that BJP is corrupt. It's white collar corruption of the BJP," said Stalin.
Stalin said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra was an attempt to see through the heart of India, which he claimed has been destroyed by the BJP.
There is no bigger threat to India than BJP, he alleged.
"We have to defeat BJP. The journey which started in Kanyakumari should end by wresting power in Delhi," he said, adding that the INDIA bloc will form a secular, federal and inclusive government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said INDIA block partners have united to save the country.
AAP leader and Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "We are all here together because we don't fear going to jail. To win, we have to fight," he said.
Bharadwaj said that electoral bonds have exposed the BJP and people should be made aware of it.
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NIA registers case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said.
The move came following a directive by the Union Home Ministry in this regard, they said.
In pursuance to the home ministry's order, the anti-terror agency on Sunday registered a case, which was originally filed at Uttar Kashi police station, Bhangar division, Kolkata on Saturday, and took up the investigation, an NIA spokesperson said in a late night statement.
"The case pertains to recovery of 79 crude bombs and other incriminating materials by Kolkata police, which were being stored at a spot, thereby endangering human life and property," the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had directed the West Bengal Police to launch a special drive to arrest those involved in illegal manufacturing of crude bombs in the poll-bound state, an official said.
It asserted that all cases related to the making of any such explosive would be probed by the National Investigation Agency, the official said.
The directive came after the police recovered a large number of crude bombs from the house of a person, allegedly a TMC worker, at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, days ahead of the second and final phase of the assembly polls in the state.
The explosives were recovered during a search at the residence of Rafikul Islam following specific inputs, the official said.
The poll panel also issued a warning to senior police officers across the state over any lapse in maintaining law and order before the April 29 polling.
The first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
A record 93.19 per cent turnout has been recorded in the first round of polling. Bhangar will vote in the second phase.
