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| Never attack family: Digvijaya Sing |
| Never attack family: Digvijaya Singh's lesson on political ethics to Arvind Kejriwal
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| INDIA
, 15-October-2012
11:7:12 AM |
| Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh attacked activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal for crossing the line of "political ethics" by accusing Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law of being involved in a land scam with real estate giant DLF and the Haryana government. He claimed that his party had never done so, despite having "enough evidence" against the relatives of leaders like Atal Bihar Vajpayee and L K Advani.
Mr Singh, speaking to NDTV said, "There are ethics in politics. Never attack family. The Congress never attacked (former PM) Atal Bihar Vajpayee's son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya or (senior BJP leader) L K Advani's son and daughter. Have we ever said a word against them? They have a private life of their own."
When asked if the Congress brought their names up because there was nothing to ask of them, Mr Singh said, "We had enough evidence, but we never attacked them. Don't make me open my mouth about Ranjan Bhattacharya." During the prime ministership of Mr Vajpayee, it was often said that Mr Bhattacharya had a lot of influence over the prime minister's office and in government, despite having no official position.
The Congress leaders also said that the attacks on the government, ministers and Sonia Gandhi's businessman son-in-law Robert Vadra were an "RSS plot" and "India bought it".
Mr Kejriwal, while accusing Mr Vadra of a land scam along with DLF and the Haryana government, had said that about five years ago, DLF gave Mr Vadra an interest-free loan of Rs. 65 crore. Mr Vadra's five companies, which on paper were worth Rs. 50 lakh, he said, used this loan to buy DLF properties. He said that from 2007 to 2010, Mr Vadra bought property that was worth Rs. 300 crore and is valued at Rs. 500 crore today. "How did he afford this?" he asked. "What was DLF's interest in giving him hugely-discounted properties?"
Mr Singh also claimed that Mr Kejriwal had come to him "requesting" for a place in the National Advisory Council (NAC),
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