New Delhi: Birender Singh, a Congress Rajya Sabha member from Haryana had given a controversial statement and said in a programme “once someone had told me that Rs 100 crore was required to get a Rajya Sabha seat. But he said he got it for Rs. 80 crore and save Rs 20 crore. Now will people who are willing to invest Rs 100 crore, ever think of the poor country.”
Singh was AICC general secretary in charge of Himachal Pradesh but was dropped in the recent AICC reshuffle. There was strong speculation that he could be made a minister in the recent reshuffle of the Union council of ministers.
This statement of Singh had given a great chance to opposition to hit back over Congress. Prakash Javadekar, BLP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member, said, “Congress is in the habit of cutting out deals. Congress has brought politics in the country to such a low level.”
Bureau Report
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