Digvijay has proof of graft in BJP camp, but won’t use it
22 Oct 2012 7:10 AM IST
The Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh made some shocking suggestions against the Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] leaders and their families but, in a show of political solidarity, suggested that his party would not use such an evidence to embarrass the principal opposition party. He made the comments in the context of the BJP leaders demanding action against the Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, who has been accused of benefitting illegally from deal with the real estate major DLF.
Singh suggested on Sunday that there was evidence against the kin of the former prime minster Atal Behari Vajpayee and L K Advani of alleged corruption and wrong-doing.
He also rejected as 'hollow' and 'media hype' the allegations of 'nexus' among Vadra, DLF and the Congress government in Haryana on the land deals between Vadra and DLF. Defending Gandhi, the Congress leader said that she was not Vadra 'chartered accountant' to question his rising assets.
'Not only me. There were lot of things, which came out during the NDA regime. But did Congress party ever use that. We will never use this...if I say, I do not have [the evidence against the kin of Advani and Vajpayee], then it is not correct,' Singh said replying to a volley of questions on an interview in a TV channel. He was asked about his statement that he had evidence against kin of Vajpayee and Advani.
Singh also said that the evidence, which he has, 'could' lead to the allegations of corruption and wrong-doing against them and would embarrass the BJP leaders.
The Congress general secretary was quick to add: '[The] politicians are also human beings. We are not gods... We can't keep a track or check on the innumerable relations we have.'
'Why should I be a complainant,' Singh shot back, arguing that there is Parliament and a number of authorities to look into these matters, when asked why he was not disclosing the evidence he had against the kin of Vajpayee and Advani. [With PTI Inputs]
Singh suggested on Sunday that there was evidence against the kin of the former prime minster Atal Behari Vajpayee and L K Advani of alleged corruption and wrong-doing.
He also rejected as 'hollow' and 'media hype' the allegations of 'nexus' among Vadra, DLF and the Congress government in Haryana on the land deals between Vadra and DLF. Defending Gandhi, the Congress leader said that she was not Vadra 'chartered accountant' to question his rising assets.
'Not only me. There were lot of things, which came out during the NDA regime. But did Congress party ever use that. We will never use this...if I say, I do not have [the evidence against the kin of Advani and Vajpayee], then it is not correct,' Singh said replying to a volley of questions on an interview in a TV channel. He was asked about his statement that he had evidence against kin of Vajpayee and Advani.
Singh also said that the evidence, which he has, 'could' lead to the allegations of corruption and wrong-doing against them and would embarrass the BJP leaders.
The Congress general secretary was quick to add: '[The] politicians are also human beings. We are not gods... We can't keep a track or check on the innumerable relations we have.'
'Why should I be a complainant,' Singh shot back, arguing that there is Parliament and a number of authorities to look into these matters, when asked why he was not disclosing the evidence he had against the kin of Vajpayee and Advani. [With PTI Inputs]
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