New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Wednesday came out in support of party President Nitin Gadkari and said that the corruption allegations against Gadkari is the UPA's strategy to paint the entire political class with the same brush to minimise and escape its unpardonable sins. Advani issued a statement in support of Gadkari.
The statement reads:
I have been keenly following the media reports on the monumental corruption by the ruling UPA which has made the political class hang its head in shame. But the UPA is trying to work a strategy to paint the entire political class with the same brush to minimise and escape its unpardonable sins. An off shoot of this is allegations of wrong doing against the opposition leaders - an instance of which is the allegation against Shri Nitin Gadkari the BJP President.
This is more to neutralise the unprecedented charges against the ruling UPA. But I am of the view that the BJP should be different and should not claim immunity on either scale or nature of the allegations. One of the allegations of wrong doing against Nitinji relating to land issue has been proved wrong according to media reports themselves. Next, on certain media allegations questioning investments in business enterprises Nitinji has come clean asking for an inquiry by the Department of Company Affairs. It is a fair and proper response. ...
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02:29 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: A day after anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal made fresh allegations against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, construction major DLF and the Congress government in Haryana, many questions remain unanswered. Even as Vadra, DLF and Haryana government have denied any wrongdoing and illegal transactions, a closer look at the documents reveal that everything is not above board. Reacting to Kejriwal's allegations DLF...
06:02 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Mumbai: Shares in biggest property developer DLF slumped on Wednesday, a day after anti-graft activist Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the company received undue favours from the government in Haryana. DLF, valued by investors at about $6.82 billion at Wednesday's close, ended down 4.95 per cent, after losing 7.3 per cent since Monday. Investors, worried about the allegations, have dumped the stock, wiping out more than $1 billion of its market...
04:39 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Realty major DLF on rejected activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwals allegations of corruption in the business dealings with Robert Vadra, saying the Sonia Gandhis son-in-law bought flats from the company at prevailing market rates. The company also clarified that no unsecured loans were given to Vadra. "No unsecured loans given to Vadra. Out of Rs 65 crore to the DLF, Rs 50 crore was for land purchase. Rs 15 crore...
08:15 PM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: Defending himself over corruption charges, businessman Robert Vadra on Sunday said that he is a private citizen and all his financial deals are transparent. Vadra also dismissed anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's allegations as baseless and defamatory. "I am a private law abiding citizen who has been engaged in business over the last 21 years. I am saddened by the attempts to manufacture lies against me and malign me...
02:20 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Bangalore: In an irony of sorts, BJP leader LK Advani's anti-corruption yatra rolls into his party-ruled state on Sunday, where a former Chief Minister is lodged in jail and two other ministers face corruption charges. On Saturday when state BJP leaders were engaged in hectic preparations to welcome the yatra, the enthusiasm was considerably dampened after the Lokayukta police registered an FIR against Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani, who is facing...
08:27 AM, Oct 30, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani, rubbishing reports of cancellation of his Bangalore rath yatra, on Sunday said he will take his Jan Chetna Yatra to the city. Advani confirmed his tour of the IT city saying, "I will take my Jan Chetna Yatra against graft to Bangalore." Sources on Saturday had claimed that facing embarrassment over the arrest of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in corruption cases,...
10:25 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Geneva: The accreditation of India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to come up for renewal before the United Nations (UN) on Monday. The UN meeting in being held in Geneva to look at functioning of human rights commissions across the world. The UN will also examine the corruption charges made against NHRC Chairman and former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan. Different civil society groups have sent these complaints against...
10:49 AM, May 23, 2011
Jaipur: As the judiciary tries to salvage its image, the lawyers’ strike in Rajasthan is certainly not helping. They have now threatened to intensify their strike over alleged irregularities in judges’ recruitment after talks with the judiciary failed on Friday. The standoff now enters its second week. The people of Rajasthan have barely recovered from a strike by the doctors, when they are having to deal with yet another strike....
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