National general secretary of Youth Congress Vikas Upadhyay accused the State government of indulging in corruption in the name of organising Indian Premier league matches in Chhattisgarh.
Upadhyay alleged that by way of waiving the entertainment tax for the two matches to be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, the Government has directly given Rs 7 crore benefit to the match organising company GMR.
Upadhyay alleged that the State Government announced the entertainment tax waiver only after the completion of online sale of tickets for the matches thereby the relief which was supposed to go to the sports enthusiasts instead went into the kitty of GMR, the organisers. He also demanded a white paper on the whole episode of entertainment tax waiver and its beneficiary otherwise Youth Congress would be forced to launch protest. He said that if tax amount is not returned to the viewers, protests in the city.