Radia row: Cong demands Ananth Kumar’s resignation

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi raised ten questions to the BJP projecting it as “a party steeped in corruption”.

“BJP’s silence at yesterday’s revelation about the lobbyst’s role during BJP government and the antics of its senior General Secretary (Ananth Kumar)is eloquent. It has once again proved that BJP is a corrupt party and it has no regard for national security,” Singhvi said.

Kumar dismissed the charges levelled against him as “completely false” and said he will initiate legal action against the makers of these allegations.

“The imputations made against me are completely false and malicious. There is not an iota of truth in them. I shall be initiating legal action against the makers of these allegations” he said.

Radia’s Vaishnavi Communication has also issued a denial saying accusations in this regard were being made to influence some legal proceedings.

Accusing Kumar,who was Civil Aviation Minister in the then NDA government,of having had an “intimate business relationship” with Radia,the Congress spokesperson wondered as to how senior leader L K Advani went to inaugurate Radia’s Trust which land was alloted in posh Vasant Kunj.

Kumar has dismissed the charges levelled against him as “completely false” and said he will initiate legal action against the makers of these allegations.

“The imputations made against me are completely false and malicious. There is not an iota of truth in them. I shall be initiating legal action tomorrow itself against the makers of these allegations” he said.

In the ten questions he posed,he also asked “was Advani an admirer of Radia’s networking skills that he went for the inauguration of the Trust”.

Singhvi also questioned why the BJP never raised the issue of bank account in Zurich while raising the issue of black money in Swiss Banks.

“Was it only the money of Radia and the then Civil Aviation Minister that was kept in the bank or money of some other senior BJP leaders were also parked there,” he asked.

Pillorying BJP Singhvi asked was it the same paper,which Yeddyurappa threatened to disclose,that led to his reinstatement as Karnataka Chief Minister.