Kochi: Causing embarrassment to BJP-led alliance, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has allegedly said that all MPs and MLAs take commissions from their constituency development funds, the Hindu reported.
Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) is a member of the BJP led NDA front. He claimed that the money received by him as commission was given to the party several times.
Making the allegations at a party event on Sunday, he told legislators that if they were not able to get a 10% commission, they should at least take 5%.
“An MP gets ₹5 crore, and if he gets a 10% commission, it would be ₹40 lakh,” said Manjhi, who represents Gaya ji Lok Sabha constituency.
He also asked his son and party president Santosh Kumar Suman, who is a Cabinet Minister in the State, to take commissions as this “was no secret and everyone did it”.
He declared that in the next Assembly election, the HAM(S) should contest 100 seats and if the demands were not met, then the party would go it alone.
He said the Bharatiya Janata Party had made a mistake by underestimating him.
“We are not a ordinary party in Purnia, Magadh, and Munger divisions. We also have supporters in West Champaran. Our party is strong everywhere, but the BJP has underestimated us in every election. Whatever has happened so far is fine. If we are not given importance in the next election, we will go our own way,” Manjhi said.
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