Kolkata. Lottery is now echoing in West Bengal. Not only the echo of the lottery, but the politics is hot about it. The reason is that the wife of the MLA of Mamata Banerjee’s ruling Trinamool Congress TMC has won a prize of Rs 1 crore in the lottery. BJP has raised questions on this issue. The party has accused TMC of money laundering through lottery. The name of TMC MLA is Vivek Gupta. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the Jorasanko seat of Kolkata. Earlier he was also a Rajya Sabha MP. According to the results released by the lottery company Dear Lottery, Ruchika Gupta won the first prize of Rs 1 crore in the draw held on August 31. Ruchika’s husband is Vivek Gupta.
I’ve been saying this all along, that Dear (Bhaipo) Lottery & TMC have a tangled relationship. It’s an easy way to launder money.
Common people buy tickets but TMC leaders win bumper prize. First Anubrata Mondal won the jackpot & now TMC MLA Vivek Gupta’s wife has won 1 crore: pic.twitter.com/owtdGOk6xD— Suvendu Adhikari • ারী (@SuvenduWB) October 27, 2022
BJP leader Shubhendu Adhikari has alleged nexus between the lottery company and TMC after the results came out. He has also shared the advertisement of the lottery company. Shubhendu alleged in the tweet that there is a relationship between Dear Lottery Company and TMC. He said that common people spend money in buying lotteries and the reward goes to the family members of TMC leaders. He said that TMC leader Anubrata Mandal had won the first prize in a lottery draw of the same company. Anubrata Mandal was recently arrested by the CBI in the case of cow smuggling. Anubrata is counted among the special leaders of CM Mamta Banerjee.
According to Shubhendu Adhikari, he has also written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah in this matter. They allege that dishonesty is being done in this lottery game. The poor are being lured and made addicted. The hard work of the poor is being spent and TMC leaders are taking advantage of this lottery. At the same time, according to TMC MLA Vivek Gupta, his wife has nothing to do with politics. She will use the lottery money to improve the financial condition of the family.