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Congress challenges Swamy's charges against Gandhis
Friday November 02, 2012 08:07:31 PM,
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New Delhi/Shimla:
The allegations by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy of
"wrongdoing" against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul
Gandhi vis-a-vis the takeover of Herald House in Delhi escalated
into political battle Friday.
BJP leader Arun Jaitley joined Swamy in asking the Congress to
come clear if it had given a loan of Rs.90 crore to the company
floated by the Gandhis. The Congress challenged Swamy to prove his
allegations.
Swamy said his charges had not been answered even as Congress
general secretary Rahul Gandhi's office Thursday termed the
allegations as "utterly false, entirely baseless and defamatory".
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Information and
Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari dismissed allegations against
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.
"The charges are baseless. The only intent behind them seems to be
to tar people with a dark brush," Tewari said.
Swamy told a press conference Friday that a company Young Indian,
allegedly floated by the two Gandhis, had done a "sham and bogus"
deal to "grab the Rs.1,600 crore worth Herald House" and other
properties of the group.
Young Indian, he had said, acquired Associated Journals Pvt Ltd
and became owner of the National Herald and Qaumi Awaz and all
high value real estate in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh belonging to the
group.
Swamy had also alleged that AJPL had obtained an unsecured,
zero-interest loan of "Rs.90 plus crore" from the Congress.
Jaitley, who was in Shimla on the last day of campaigning in the
hill state, said the board of directors of AJPL had passed a
resolution Feb 26, 2011, saying the Congress had given a loan of
Rs.90 crore to the company floated by the Gandhis.
He said the Congress must clarify whether the loan has been
actually given or not. "It (giving loan) is a gross irregularity
as exemption from income tax to the donors and political parties
were given as incentives for transparent functioning of political
parties," the BJP leader said.
In the capital, Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko challenged Swamy
to prove his allegations of wrongdoing against the Gandhis. "We
don't take him (Swamy) seriously. We are not bound to answer the
bland charges. It is for Swamy to go to the court if he feels any
income tax law has been violated," Chacko said.
"We want to see whether Swamy will sue the Congress leaders," he
said. "We are ready to face it legally," Chacko added.
Chacko said the letter by Rahul Gandhi's office to Swamy amounted
to legal notice.
While Rahul Gandhi's office had conveyed commitment to pursue
legal action against Swamy, Chacko seemed to emphasise it was for
the Janata Party leader to prove his charges.
Khushid said: "There is absolutely no basis to these allegations.
Companies are constantly making amendments in their constitution.
In this case, it's a non-profit making company. Rather, it should
be seen as an example of good governance," Khurshid said.
Swamy, meanwhile, kept up his attack on the Gandhis and said Rahul
Gandhi had answered "not one" of his allegations. Speaking to
Times Now, Swamy said he had written to both prime minister
Manmohan Singh and Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath and
would wait for their replies on his allegations.
Swamy said if he does not get a reply to his letter from prime
minister in two to three weeks, he "will certainly send a
reminder".
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