CM seeks SC-monitored probe into PM Modi’s corruption charges

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into corruption charges against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The AAP leader also asked Modi to step down until he was cleared of the charges — like veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani did in the 1990s. Kejriwal addressed the media shortly after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi told a public rally in Gujarat that Modi took huge bribes from two corporate houses when he was the Chief Minister of the state. 

Kejriwal said he exposed the bribery in the Delhi Assembly on November 15 this year and had since been doing so at one public rally after another across the country. He said the Supreme Court should take suo moto cognizance of the matter and set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) with all powers to probe the charges against Modi. 

Flashing what he claimed were Income Tax department papers, including four volumes of an Appraisal Report, Kejriwal said one of the corporate houses paid Modi Rs 40 crore in installments. Documents seized in the premises of another corporate house showed that a part of a Rs 25 crore bribe was given to Modi, he said.

The TMC in Kolkata on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that Narendra Modi as Gujarat CM had taken money from Sahara and Birla groups. “The Congress vice-president raised the issue of corruption at a public meeting in Gujarat today (Wednesday). TMC welcomes the move”, the party’s chief national spokesperson Derek O’Brien said.