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Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) reportedly owes Rs 2 lakh to a chaiwalla who has a stall at Azad Maidan. They say there is no such thing as a free lunch, but it looks like the
Congress has been having more cups of tea than it can pay for, at least according to one chaiwala in Mumbai. The Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) reportedly owes Rs 2 lakh to Inder
Joshi, a chaiwalla who has a stall at Azad Maidan, a _Mumbai Mirror _report said. His stall is right behind MRCC's headquarters. The chaiwalla, whose family moved to Mumbai from
Gujarat decades ago, is the most preferred chai-wallah among party functionaries and supporters. Though he has now stopped supplying tea on credit_, _Joshi believes that the party will clear
his dues eventually as always. MRCC president Sanjay Nirupam confirmed to the tabloid that they had not paid him for four months due to the carelessness of one functionary. "The issue
of pending payment was brought to my notice a few weeks ago. We had to pay the tea vendor Rs 4 lakh and we have already settled half the bill," he said. According to the report,
Congress is facing a cash crunch and would thus be running a "low-cost" campaign for BMC elections due next year. Hopefully, it won't affect where their daily fix of tea comes
from as well!