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Mulayam Sing accuses UPA of not acting on garland issue

'Instead of taking any action the central government is keeping mum on this issue and even the Income tax department has done nothing', Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said.

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Updated : Mar 23, 2010, 06:26 PM IST

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today claimed that the currency note garland presented to Mayawati at the BSP rally was worth Rs51 crore and accused the Centre of keeping mum on the issue and not conducting a probe into it.

"The garland was made up of Rs1000 notes and each circle contained a wad of rupees one lakh. I have confirmed information that the garland presented to Mayawati was not less than Rs51 crore," Mulayam said addressing Ram Manohar Lohia's birth centenary function here.

The weight of the garland could be gauged from the fact that even six persons were finding it difficult to hold the garland, he said.

The SP supremo also claimed that the second garland offered to the BSP chief a few days after the rally was worth several crores of rupees.

"The second garland, which is being claimed to have been of Rs18 lakh, was worth several crores of rupees," he said.

Asserting that no person has the right to misuse the national currency, he said, "Instead of taking any action the central government is keeping mum on this issue and even the Income tax department has done nothing."

Alleging that no effort was made to probe the source of money and find out the actual cost of the garlands, the SP supremo said, "The Centre, which can conduct probe against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Om Prakash Chautala and Mulayam Singh, is not ready to look into garland case. This is because it feels under threat from the three leaders."

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