Ranchi: Alamgir Alam, who became Rural Development Minister from Congress quota and was second only to the Chief Minister in the cabinet of Jharkhand government, has been kept away from all the election events. He was kept away from Rahul Gandhi’s public meetings in Chaibasa and Gumla. It is being told that Alamgir was given a call and was clearly refused to come to the meeting. It is noteworthy that on Monday, more than Rs 31 crore in cash was recovered from the residence of the servant of Government Appoint Secretary Alamgir Alam and more than Rs 4 crore in cash was recovered from the houses of some contractors and engineers associated with him. On Tuesday too, ED raided some contractors and recovered cash worth more than Rs 1 crore.
It is believed that Alamgir Alam was kept from Rahul Gandhi’s tour to keep Rahul Gandhi’s image clean and non-controversial. According to Congress sources, a message has been given to Alamgir to first come after being acquitted in the investigation. Minister Alamgir Alam, who holds the number two position after the Chief Minister in the coalition government, was seen on the stage at a rally held in Morhabadi in the capital Ranchi a day earlier. Even in Tuesday’s rally, there was a big picture of Alamgir Alam in the poster put up on the stage, but could not get a place to sit with Rahul Gandhi. It is also being said that Chief Minister Champai Soren wants to take action against Alamgir Alam. If the situation continues like this, he may also be shown the way out of the cabinet. Alamgir’s opposing camp in the Congress party is very excited about this.
