"Why has Mahadev app not been banned till now?": Bhupesh Baghel hits back at PM Modi
Bhupesh Baghel today hit back at the BJP questioning why the Central government had not banned the Mahadev betting app till now. Baghel alleged that no crackdown on the betting app means Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP have connections with the firm.
The Chief Minister of the poll-bound state is facing heat from the BJP after the Enforcement Directorate claimed that he was allegedly paid Rs 508 crore by Mahadev app promoters.
ED on Friday said that they have intercepted a cash courier Asim Das who was sent from UAE especially, to deliver a large amount of cash for electioneering expenses of the ruling Congress party in Chhattisgarh.
The central agency added that the arrested person, Asim Das, confessed that Rs 508 crore has been so far paid to the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister by Mahadev APP Promoters.
Taking note of this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Durg district said the Congress needs to answer as to what links it has with people in Dubai who were accused in the scam.
«State government and the CM should tell the people of Chhattisgarh what links they have with the people sitting in Dubai who are accused of this scam. After the money was seized, the CM is baffled and has come to the ground.
I have heard that local leaders are sending us a message that money will be planted on our leaders and Police will be sent,» the PM said.
Responding to it, Baghel cross-questioned the Prime Minister's links with the betting app and why the app has not been banned by the Central government till now.
"PM Modi is asking, what's the relation with the Dubai people? I want to ask him, what's your relationship with the Dubai people? Why did the arrest not happen even after the release of the lookout circular?
