‘Can’t get away, amount must be recovered from them,’ says Jahan

Many BJP leaders, however, refused to comment, although Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks of zero tolerance for corruption and says “na khaoonga, na khane doonga’’.

Among them were former MPs Satya Pal Jain and Harmohan Dhawan.

City BJP president Sanjay Tandon said that his party was open to any inquiry not only in this study tour, but into the selection procedure adopted for all previous study tours.

From the Congress, former MP Pawan Kumar Bansal said that he did not like to comment on a corporation matter.
B B Bahl, president of the Chandigarh Congress, said, “Till the time I study the matter, I can’t comment.”

However, Mayor H C Kalyan said that he stood by his demand for an inquiry into the selection of the travel agency, which he had made in a letter to the Adviser to the Administrator on Monday.

BJP councillor Satinder Singh said, “The House had an opportunity to show the high moral ground before the public which it lost. The councillors who were part of the controversial study tour lost not only moral but also ethical ground by trying to bury this issue.’’

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