In a video message being circulated on social media on Sunday, the trader, Suryakant Tiwari, claimed that income tax officials told him that he could become "Eknath Shinde of Chhattisgarh" if he frames a CMO official.
A split looked imminent in the Congress when five of its Goa MLAs missed a meeting last week. However, it seems that the rebel MLAs don't have enough numbers to avoid the anti-defection law.
Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar gave examples to support the claim that the persons caught in several terror-related and other crimes, including the Udaipur and Amravati killings, were linked to the saffron party.
The spending has increased from nearly Rs 11.12 crore in 2012-13, when Sheila Dikshit was chief minister, to Rs 488.97 crore in 2021-22 under Arvind Kejriwal.