Naidu hits back at Ajit, Congress; asks why no memorial till now
21 Sept 2014 4:12 AM IST
Hardening his stand on the issue of eviction of Ajit Singh, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said government was bound by rules and questioned why the RLD leader or Congress did not convert the house into memorial for Charan Singh when they were in power.
The Urban Development minister insisted that there was no political vendetta involved in the decision to evict Ajit Singh from government residence. With Ajit Singh’s supporters clashing with police in Ghaziabad yesterday when they were stopped from cutting water supply to Delhi, Naidu made it clear that such ‘threats’ were unacceptable and will find little support among people.
‘No question of discourteous behaviour at all. I do not believe and my government does not believe in political vendetta. There is no politics involved in eviction I am not against personally anybody.
‘I am governed by rules and regulations and procedures which were well established and laid before we assumed power,’ the minister said on the controversy over move to evict RLD leader Ajit Singh, who wants it to be converted into a memorial for his father, a demand rejected by the government.
‘As far as I am concerned, there is no political vendetta involved here. Charan Singh was a respected leader. I used to admire him a lot because he was a farmers' leader,’ Naidu said here and asked why Ajit Singh did not take any step to convert the house into a memorial when he was a Union Minister.
Taking a pot shot at RLD, Naidu said, ‘If people are so concerned about having a memorial in the name of Charan Singh then who prevented them in the last 37 years after his demise.
Making charge against the government is unfair and I hope that people understand the reality.
‘Government has decided 14 years ago that no official bungalow will be converted into memorials. We are in government for three months only. Ajit Singh was an important Minister at the Centre in the previous government.’
The Urban Development minister insisted that there was no political vendetta involved in the decision to evict Ajit Singh from government residence. With Ajit Singh’s supporters clashing with police in Ghaziabad yesterday when they were stopped from cutting water supply to Delhi, Naidu made it clear that such ‘threats’ were unacceptable and will find little support among people.
‘No question of discourteous behaviour at all. I do not believe and my government does not believe in political vendetta. There is no politics involved in eviction I am not against personally anybody.
‘I am governed by rules and regulations and procedures which were well established and laid before we assumed power,’ the minister said on the controversy over move to evict RLD leader Ajit Singh, who wants it to be converted into a memorial for his father, a demand rejected by the government.
‘As far as I am concerned, there is no political vendetta involved here. Charan Singh was a respected leader. I used to admire him a lot because he was a farmers' leader,’ Naidu said here and asked why Ajit Singh did not take any step to convert the house into a memorial when he was a Union Minister.
Taking a pot shot at RLD, Naidu said, ‘If people are so concerned about having a memorial in the name of Charan Singh then who prevented them in the last 37 years after his demise.
Making charge against the government is unfair and I hope that people understand the reality.
‘Government has decided 14 years ago that no official bungalow will be converted into memorials. We are in government for three months only. Ajit Singh was an important Minister at the Centre in the previous government.’
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