Pala slams BJP for freezing Congress bank accounts of Rs 215 Cr

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 21, 2024

Congress chief and Shillong MP Vincent H Pala on Thursday said the party will be fighting the upcoming elections with a lot of constraints because the BJP has frozen 11 of its accounts, which is to the tune of Rs 215 crore.

Speaking to media persons after a party meeting, Pala said, “This election may not be like other elections as the BJP has frozen 11 accounts of the Congress, which is amounting to Rs 215 crore. And they have forcefully withdrawn the money of almost Rs 115 crore from the Congress accounts to the income tax account. So we will be fighting this election with a lot of constraints in terms of resources but the BJP is doing this because they know the Congress is the only party, which will be able to fight against them.”

“For the last 3-4 months, the party has done crowd funding, where any individual can help the party. Many from Shillong have donated funds but BJP is taking it in a different way and they have taken a lot of money from us,” he said.

The meeting was attended by presidents of the district and block committees of the party.

Pala said, “We suggested and requested them (party workers) to refrain from personal attack on anybody as that may not be the culture of our politics in Meghalaya.”

The Congress chief said there is infighting within the BJP everywhere.

“They (BJP) were strong in Bihar but today Bihar is no more like before. They were strong in Karnataka but today Karnataka is no longer like before. BJP is strong in Rajasthan and today Rajasthan is not like before. BJP is strong in Delhi but Delhi is no longer like before. Today there is infighting of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, infighting in Haryana, infighting in Bihar, infighting everywhere. They have cut the tickets of so many MPs and they have changed the chief ministers. Definitely, the infightings in the BJP and misusing of the powers and misusing of the BJP in terms of mixing religion as well as politics, people think it is big scope for non-BJP alliance to come together and overthrow BJP this time,” he said.

In Meghalaya, Pala said people are turning towards the Congress.

“Although many of our leaders have been lured and taken away at this juncture, the workers are still with us. Definitely, we have hope as Congress. People know that the only party who can fight the communal forces and only party who respects the minorities and who always think for the indigenous people is the Congress. So voters of Shillong and Tura are well aware of all decisions taken by the BJP, the actions taken by the state government and definitely this time people are looking towards the Congress,” he added.