Bed-of-cash Left leader says pic was a joke
October 21, 2013 17:47
The CPI(M) leader in Marxist-ruled Tripura who lay on a bed of cash withdrawn from his own bank account to fulfil a long cherished dream, today denied charges of illegally earning the money.
"I have no hesitation in admitting that it was a foolish idea of sleeping on cash, but I have not earned a single paisa illegally. It was a joke," he told reporters.
"We have always grown up in abject poverty. Neither I, nor my partners in work have ever seen Rs 15 lakh at once in our lives. One of my partners, Santosh Bhowmik, suggested we scatter the cash on the bed and take pictures in turn. Both of us clicked photos of ours jokingly," he said.
"I have no hesitation in admitting that it was a foolish idea of sleeping on cash, but I have not earned a single paisa illegally. It was a joke," he told reporters.
"We have always grown up in abject poverty. Neither I, nor my partners in work have ever seen Rs 15 lakh at once in our lives. One of my partners, Santosh Bhowmik, suggested we scatter the cash on the bed and take pictures in turn. Both of us clicked photos of ours jokingly," he said.
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