Samar Acharjee on a bed of cash
The CPI(M) has expelled its leader in Tripura who lay on a bed of cash withdrawn from his own bank account to fulfill a long cherished dream.
Jogendranagar committee member of the CPI(M) in Agartala, Samar Acharjee, a contractor by profession, was shown lying on bundles of currency notes on television footage.
Mr Acharjee was heard in the footage saying, "I have withdrawn 20 lakhs from my bank account and fulfilled my long cherished dream of sleeping on a bed of money." (
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But more damagingly, the CPI(M) leader said in the telecast last Thursday, "I am not a hypocrite like other party members who depict themselves as proletariat, yet have a huge amount of money."
An investigation by the CPM, that runs the government in Tripura headed by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, famed for his honesty, has revealed that Acharjee himself took the footage on his own mobile phone which was leaked to a television channel by his friend.
"We do not support this kind of immoral work," CPI(M) state secretary Bijan Dhar said.
After the video surfaced, a senior member of the Opposition Congress Ratan Lal Nath had demanded an inquiry into the movable and immovable assets of Marxist leaders and ministers.
"This incident shows that the party is corrupt and its leaders made a huge amount of money by misusing public funds," he said.