...while Beni Prasad puts foot in mouth
16 Oct 2012 6:14 AM IST
Embroiled in a subset of a controversy, steel minister Beni Prasad Verma landed himself in an unexpected mess, while defending law minister Salman Khurshid in the alleged embezzlement scam amounting to 71.5 lakh rupees.
Supporting Khurshid, Verma said, ‘Salman Khursid is a responsible person. He is a Central Minister. He was a Central Minister earlier as well. When he is saying there is no scam, he should be believed... I don’t think a person like Khurshid will do anything for an amount like Rs 71 lakh. It is a very small amount for a Central Minister.’ Saying Khurshid should not resign from his current post, Verma added, ‘If it would have been Rs 71 crore, even I would have been serious.’ Soon after varied responses erupted on this bizarre statement by Verma, he retracted his remark and said he was misquoted. ‘Corruption is corruption, even if it is for one rupee’ he clarified.
Supporting Khurshid, Verma said, ‘Salman Khursid is a responsible person. He is a Central Minister. He was a Central Minister earlier as well. When he is saying there is no scam, he should be believed... I don’t think a person like Khurshid will do anything for an amount like Rs 71 lakh. It is a very small amount for a Central Minister.’ Saying Khurshid should not resign from his current post, Verma added, ‘If it would have been Rs 71 crore, even I would have been serious.’ Soon after varied responses erupted on this bizarre statement by Verma, he retracted his remark and said he was misquoted. ‘Corruption is corruption, even if it is for one rupee’ he clarified.
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