“We have asked the ECI, which monitors the accounts of all political parties, how much money Trinamul spent on holding the Brigade rally on January 19. The party’s declared annual turnover is Rs 5.16 crore, while it has spent around 160 times more on yesterday’s rally,” Roy told a news conference at the Bengal BJP headquarters in Calcutta. He said Trinamul had spent around Rs 17.70 crore on flexes and banners alone for the Brigade rally. A BJP leader later said the figure of Rs 5.16 crore was for the 2017-18 fiscal. “How can they take the oath of removing Narendra Modi and the BJP from the Centre?” Roy asked.

Source: The Telegraph January 20, 2019 18:56 UTC