Sanjay Nirupam

Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam has alleged a 577% increase in expenditure on tea and snacks at the chief minister's office. Furnishing RTI documents on Wednesday, he said, "The amount spent on tea has risen from Rs 57,99,150 (nearly Rs 58 lakh) in 2015-16 to Rs 3,34,64.904 (nearly Rs 3.4 crore) in 2017-18 — a dramatic increase of 577%. Which denotes that on an average 18,591 cups of tea is being served at the CM's office every day."