Reportedly the last time samosas made political news was when Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Lalu prasad Yadav coined the famous slogan ‘Jab tak samosa mein aloo tab tak bihar mein rahega Lalu’. In Himachal, it began with three boxes of samosas delivered to cm Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s residence, which were allegedly eaten by the staff on duty. All hell broke loose when it was discovered that the samosas never reached the CM. Reports claimed a Crime Investigation Department (CID) probe was allegedly ordered to check who “took away the samosas". The state, however, has denied the claims. Jairam Thakur, the former cm, said, “This is ridiculous. So what if the poor people ate it?"
Meanwhile Sukhu said, “A committee has been formed to address the misbehaviour, yet you are running news about samosas…The DGP has already given a clarification in this regard…The BJP’s behaviour in raking up this issue is childish and laughable." On the dissolution of the state unit, the cm said, “It comes under the PCC. The party president is aware of it."
Moreover sanjeev Ranjan Ojha, DG CID, said, “…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." The CM’s office clarified that the cm stays away from fried stuff. But this is one samosa is stuffed with political masala which won’t be forgotten nor eaten in a hurry.
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