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Gadkari, Ajit Pawar colluded in land fraud: Kejriwal
Wednesday October 17, 2012 07:34:18 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Turning his
attention to Nitin Gadkari, activist-politician Arvind Kejriwal
alleged Wednesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president
had colluded with NCP's Ajit Pawar to exploit farmers in
Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.
Asking whether the BJP was an opposition party or acting in
concert with the government, Kejriwal said Gadkari was involved in
land and irrigation scams in Maharashtra. He asked whether
Gadkari's business instincts clashed with the interests of farmers
in Maharashtra.
"Gadkari took away land of the farmers and their water... He has
sympathy for the contractors but not the farmers," Kejriwal told a
crowded press conference.
"Is the BJP an opposition party or does it work in collusion with
the ruling party?" he asked.
The information against Gadkari, he said, had been obtained
through an RTI by his colleague Anjali Damania.
He said Gadkari has business interests in construction,
agriculture, power and fertiliser.
Kejriwal had earlier targeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi's
son-in-law Robert Vadra over property deals with realty major DLF
in Haryana.
Kejriwal is also locked in a verbal duel with Law Minister Salman
Khurshid, alleging that a trust headed by his wife Louise Khurshid
had embezzled funds meant for the differently abled.
Kejriwal alleged that all political parties were working in
collusion with each other and indulging in corruption.
"There will be no probe against Vadra, Khurshid or Gadkari... All
the political parties are working in collusion with each other and
they all indulge in corruption... They are in cahoots, all part of
a family and looting the country. That's why we want to change
this corrupt system," said Kejriwal.
He dared the Congress and BJP to probe the assets of India Against
Corruption (IAC) activists.
"They (government) alleges that Prashant Bhushan (IAC member) has
illegal land... I challenge them to probe our assets," he said.
"Our aim is that we want the people of the country who are too
frightened to speak, we want them to prepare people to fight for
their rights, and now they are becoming aware of their rights,"
said Kejriwal.
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