NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy around Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and snack mix-up, BJP leader Jairam Thakur hosted a samosa party with BJP workers at the Circuit House in Mandi.
Earlier in the day, CM Sukhu clarified the investigation into the recent samosa-cake mix-up, which erupted after snacks meant for the CM were allegedly served to his security staff. The situation escalated when allegations surfaced that the CID had launched an investigation into the incident. However, both the chief minister and the authorities have denied these allegations.
“There is no such thing… It (CID) got involved in the issue of misbehavior,” Himachal CM Sukhu told news agency ANI.
The deputy general of CID, Sanjeev Ranjan Ojha also said that it was an internal matter of the CID and should not become a matter of poltics.
“This is completely an internal matter of the CID. It should not be politicised. The CM does not eat samosas… We have not given notice to anyone. We have just said to find out what happened. The government has nothing to do with this… We will find out how this information was leaked,” he said.
The controversy snowballed after the CM’s visit to the CID headquarters on October 21, where refreshments intended for him were wrongly served to his security detail. According to news agency PTI, the mix-up began when an Inspector General (IG) asked for refreshments, delegating the task to a sub-inspector (SI), who then passed it to an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a head constable. The officers collected the sealed snack boxes and informed the SI, who was the only one aware that they were meant for the chief minister. However, further confusion led to the snacks being taken to the mechanical transport (MT) section, where they were mistakenly served to the security staff.
This incident did not go down well with the BJP as Jairam Thakur questioned why it was labeled an “anti-government” activity.
Earlier in the day, Jairam Thakur said, “Nowadays, the way the government takes decisions in Himachal Pradesh has become a topic of discussion in the whole country because decisions are taken without thinking. Now another topic that is being discussed is that the samosas did not reach where they should have reached, they got lost in the middle and the Chief Minister and the Himachal Pradesh government felt that this is a very serious matter and an investigation should be done on this”.
