A massive fake currency racket has been unearthed after the discovery that the notes used for garlanding Ms Mayawati were fake. The fraud was revealed when the currency notes of the garland were sent to a bank for deposit.
The bank after discovering that most of the notes were fake informed the nearest Lucknow police station; the Lucknow police station informed the police commissioner of Lucknow; the police commissioner informed the Chief Minister’s secretary; the Chief Minister’s secretary informed the Chief Minister and the Chief Minister ordered immediate arrest of the people involved in garlanding her.
According to the reports available with us, FIR has been lodged against those who garlanded Mayawati for trying to bring fake currency notes into circulation and defrauding a person holding public office.
One of the person garlanding the Chief Minister (name withheld due to security reasons) said that it a plot of opposition parties to malign his image in front of his beloved leader. He said that the garland was prepared out of currency notes that were collected by party workers and was given as a token of appreciation to Behenji by the people of Uttar Pradesh for the good work done by her as the Chief Minister. What can he do if people give fake currency to the BSP party members? UPA government at the center is unable to accept the fact that it has failed to check circulation of fake currency notes and is now trying to make him a scapegoat.
Replying to whether the circulation of fake currency revealed ISI's attempt to sabotage the Indian economy, he said, “Unlike Central Government, it isn't our habit to blame foreign hand for all our problems. We blame all our problems on Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi is trying to make Uttar Pradesh once again the fiefdom of Gandhi clan but as long as Behenji has the support of people, it will not happen. Hence, the Central Government has now instructed the media to slander her image.”
Asked about his arrest, he said, “I am true party worker and Behenji's wishes are commands for me. What is jail....if she asks me to go hell, I will go there too without the slightest hesistation. The truth is that some people are jealous of my good work and have misguided Behenji. This is my Agni-Parkisha. I am Sita and Behenji is my Ram. I am sure I will come out clean and garland all my opponents in party with shoes.”
The common man of the streets of Lucknow reacted to the news with indifference. Aman Tripathi, 43, said, “I don’t understand what the fuss is all about. All politicians are corrupt and Mayawati is no different. At least, she has the guts to openly do what she is doing. We know where all the funds available to our elected representative for the progress of their constituencies go. It would be better if our government legalizes corruption and passes a law allowing legislators to charge 50% percentage of funds allocated to them for improving infrastructure of their constituencies as their commission. At least then we might have some better roads because the MPs and MLAs will have an incentive to earn money legally."
"The opposition earlier raised the issue of statues as a proof that Mayawati is an egomaniac corrupt politician. Did the UP government issue tender for building statues on day one and on the second day all the statues were available with them? Were the statues built at a top-secret location and hence the opposition didn’t know that the tax payers’ money was being wasted to satisfy the ego of one politician? Was the opposition sleeping when all the Mayawati and Kashiram statues were being erected?" said Ramprakash Pathak, a supporter of BSP.
"The job of opposition is not to criticize the government after a disaster has struck, but to to keep a check on the government so that it does not deviate from the maxim of public welfare and the tax payers hard ended money doesn’t become a source of personal income for the members of ruling party. The opposition who thinks that its goal is to obtain maximum political mileage from government’s failures is a fail because the job of opposition is to ensure that government doesn’t fail in meeting the people’s expectations.” added Pathak.
