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Thrissur, Jun 23: A BJP youth leader who has been arrested for operating a counterfeit currency racket in Thrissur has become the butt of jokes on social media.
Interestingly, the Yuva Morcha leader has earlier campaigned against black money.
Rajesh Erachery, a leader in Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of BJP, was arrested from his home in Srinarayanapuram, with counterfeit notes amounting to Rs 1.5 lac, along with ink and machinery used to print the fake currency.
Campaign against black money
"Money? Not an issue for me"
"When there was a shortage of notes in the country, my leader printed a few. Ask why? Love for the nation. That's why."
"Shortage in currency notes doesn't affect him, he just prints them at home without going to any scoundrel banks."
According to the police, Rajesh and his brother Rajeev printed notes in denominations of Rs 2000, Rs 500, Rs 50 and Rs 20. They designed the currency on the computer and printed the same on an A4 bonded paper and cut it to the correct size. They usually tried to use the fake currency during bulk transactions.
However, the police put Rajesh on surveillance when they received complaints that fake currency was used by him in bars and petrol bunks.
“Both the brothers are an embarrassment for the party and have been expelled on the orders of state party Chief Kummanam Rajasekharan,” said BJP Thrissur District President A Nagesh to the media persons.
While Rajesh is arrested, Rajeev is absconding.
Meanwhile, the poster carrying Rajesh’s photo in a campaign against black money by BJP has become a butt of all jokes and is being widely shared on social media along with memes.
(Meme translations by The News Minute)