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Government may probe corruption charges against Gadkari: Moily
Tuesday October 23, 2012 05:52:36 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
government Tuesday said it may probe corruption charges against BJP chief Nitin Gadkari after the party said "any competent
authority" can inquire into the allegations against him.
"We will inquire if there are any violations," Corporate Affairs
Minister M. Veerappa Moily told NDTV channel.
Moily's comments came after media reports Tuesday revealed that an
infrastructure company IRB gave a Gadkari company a loan of Rs.165
crore, two years after IRB was awarded road contracts by Gadkari
when he was the Maharashtra PWD minister.
Earlier, India Against Corruption had accused the BJP leader of
land grab in Vidarbha in Maharashtra, an allegation he denied.
The BJP denied the latest charges.
"The allegations are baseless. The party president has said any
competent authority can probe the charges," said Bharatiya Janata
Party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman.
Gadkari is likely to get a second term as BJP president and lead
the party in the 2014 general elections.
Congress spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit said: "He is the BJP
president. It is for the BJP to decide what kind of a president,
with what kind of reputation and business issues it wants. This is
an internal issue of the party. We leave it to them."
But another Congress spokesperson, Rashid Alvi, called "it a
serious matter" and said Gadkari should personally clarify as
anothe former chief of his party, Bangaru Laxman, had also faced
corruption charges.
On its part, the IAC blasted both the BJP and the Congress.
IAC member Kumar Vishwas said: "Both the Congress and BJP are the
same" (on the issue of corruption).
"Congress-BJP bhai bhai, desh ki malai loot ke khai (The Congress
and the BJP are like brothers, both have looted the country)," he
said.
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