Odisha cash haul | BJP stages protest in J&K, demands action against Congress MP Sahu
The Hindu
Shouting anti-Congress slogans, the BJP activists assembled outside the Press Club in the heart of Jammu and held a peaceful demonstration.
The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on December 9 held a protest over the recovery of a huge amount of "unaccounted for" cash in Odisha and demanded stern action against Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu.
The protesters also burnt an effigy of Mr. Sahu.
The seizure of "unaccounted for" cash after Income Tax department raids against an Odisha-based distillery group and its linked entities is expected to reach ₹290 crore, making it the "highest-ever" black money haul by any agency in a single operation, official sources said Saturday.
Premises linked to Mr. Sahu were also covered as part of the searches, the sources said.
Shouting anti-Congress slogans, the BJP activists assembled outside the Press Club in the heart of Jammu and held a peaceful demonstration.
Setting ablaze an effigy of the Congress' Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, they also demanded that Mr. Sahu be arrested immediately.
The protesters were led by Yudhvir Sethi - the BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit vice-president - and the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's chief in the Union Territory Arun Prabhat.
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