‘Samosa’ row: Himanchal CM Sukhu clarifies, says CID got involved in misconduct issue | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday addressed the recent controversy surrounding a CID probe into samosas and cakes intended for him, which were mistakenly served to his security personnel. Clarifying the issue, Sukhu told ANI, “There is no such thing… The CID got involved in the issue of misconduct, but you (the media) are reporting news about ‘samosa’.”

The incident at the center of the controversy took place on October 21, when refreshments meant for the chief minister during his visit to the CID headquarters were accidentally served to his security detail.
The confusion soon escalated, with the CID later labeling the blunder as an ‘anti-government act’ and claiming those involved were acting on their own agenda. According to CID reports, the snacks were brought from Hotel Radisson Blue in Lakkar Bazaar and ended up in the wrong hands after a series of miscommunications.
According to PTI, the alleged mix-up reportedly started when an Inspector General (IG) level officer asked for some refreshments, delegating the task to a Sub-Inspector (SI), who further assigned it to an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI ). and a chief commissioner.
The officers recovered the sealed snack boxes and informed the SI, who was the only one who knew that they were meant for the chief minister. Due to a series of misunderstandings, the boxes were eventually forwarded to the mechanical transport (MT) section, where they were accidentally served to security personnel.
Meanwhile, the incident faced backlash from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari taking a jab at Sukhu and the Congress-led state government, linking the incident to Himachal Pradesh’s financial woes. Bhandari noted, “The situation in Himachal Pradesh is such that the chief minister has no money to pay his own salary, there is no money to pay the chief secretary, there is no money to pay the MLAs. This shows that the financial condition of the state has become terrible due to Rahul Gandhi’s Khata-khat model and this is Rahul Gandhi’s guarantee model and his economic thinking has been exposed.”
Bhandari further quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s earlier warnings about the ‘Revdi culture’ of doling out freebies without economic considerations, adding, “In Karnataka too, we have seen how the prices of daily necessities, be it milk or water, have increased and Karnataka is also going through a financial crisis. Rahul Gandhi should apologize to the people of the country as all his promises have turned out to be false today.”