Vehicles, luggage of CRPF staff on poll duty in Chhattisgarh should be checked as BJP bringing in cash: CM Bhupesh Baghel
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India to check the vehicles and luggage of paramilitary forces being deployed in the state for election duty, alleging that the BJP was bringing in cash through them so that it could be used to influence voters.
Talking to reporters at a helipad in Police Lines, Baghel alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can stoop to any level to acquire power. "Enforcement Directorate's senior officers have been visiting Chhattisgarh, but their vehicles are not checked as they are government officials.
Common travellers are being checked. We are checked while travelling by helicopters and vehicles. CPRF brought big boxes in a plane but they were not checked.
The ED can come for its investigation, but I want to tell the Election Commission that the vehicles of the central investigative agency should be checked," Baghel said.
«BJP has accepted its defeat (in the polls) and this is their last move that they are bringing money in boxes which will be used to influence the voters. Therefore, all vehicles should be checked, especially of ED and CRPF,» he said.
When the CRPF is already deployed in the state, what is the need of bringing additional forces from outside, he asked.
«It means the boxes which are being brought may contain notes (cash) or other items too, so these should be checked,» he added. Asked whether the paramilitary force will be misused during the elections, Baghel said, «It is absolutely possible. They can go to any level to gain power...This is a very serious issue and the Election Commission should take its cognisance.
