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BJP got Rs 1,400 cr donation from gambling companies through electoral bonds, alleges Congress leader

Satara, Apr 30 (UNI) Former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader, Prithviraj Chavan, on Tuesday made a startling allegation that Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has got Rs 1,400 crore as donation from gambling companies through electoral bonds.
Addressing party workers at party headquarter in Karad city of the district in support of Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate Shashikant Shinde, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced to create two crore jobs every year, but in last 10 years there was no recruitment, instead bold advertisements on gambling started appearing in media to inculcate bad habit of gambling in the youth, he claimed.
He said that during the Congress regime, advertisements of gambling, liquor, etc., were never encouraged, but now such advertisements are running in media because gambling companies have had donated Rs 1,400 crore to BJP through electoral bonds, he charged.
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