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Khurshid skips inaugural ceremony of India's
first glass mosque
Thursday October 18, 2012 06:07:49 PM,
IANS
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Shillong: Union Law
Minister Salman Khurshid, who was scheduled to inaugurate India's
first glass mosque here Thursday, has cancelled his trip due to a
meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on 2G spectrum
on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advice.
Denying that Khurshid was staying away because of the allegations
of corruption against him, union Minister of State for Water
Resources Vincent H. Pala, who is in Shillong for the programme,
said Manmohan Singh had advised him to attend the EGoM meeting.
"Khurshid is not skipping his visit to Shillong because of the
allegations against him from certain groups of people. The EGoM
meeting is crucial and that's why the prime minister advised him
to cancel his visit," Pala told IANS.
Congress sources claimed that the prime minister and UPA
chairperson Sonia Gandhi wanted Khurshid to be in the national
capital because of the ongoing controversy.
"They don't want him to leave station in the wake of the
controversy; leaving station now could seem like running away from
the problem," a Congress leader said on condition of anonymity.
India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that
Khurshid and his wife Louise Fernandes, who heads a trust, had
"siphoned off" funds provided by the central government for the
disabled poor in Uttar Pradesh. On Wednesday, the two again
exchanged hot words.
The law minister has deputed party aide Shameem Akhtar to attend
the inauguration of the Madina Masjid, an imposing structure with
a glass dome and glass minarets, and the central puja committee's
get-together in this mountainous state capital.
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