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| RSS plays safe on Gadkari, |
| RSS plays safe on Gadkari, says no soft corner for anybody
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| INDIA
, 2-November-2012
4:29:14 AM |
| The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is continuing to play safe on Nitin Gadkari, the man it picked to be BJP president and who is now mired in corruption charges that his party can politically ill-afford. The BJP's parent body said at a meeting in Chennai that it had "no soft corner" for anyone and no different yardstick on corruption.
Top leaders of the extended RSS family, some 400 people, are meeting over three days in Chennai. On the first day of that executive council meet, the RSS stuck to its stand on the Gadkari issue, saying that if there are any allegations against anyone, due process of law should take place. "Those who are found guilty should be punished according to the law", RSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabele told reporters after the inauguration of the RSS National Executive Council meet at Kelambakkam.
The RSS' dilemma is that it has taken a vocal stand on corruption in its backing of Anna Hazare's movement and in slamming the Congress on issues like the 2G scam. It has to maintain that stand now. At the same time, its own man Nitin Gadkari, who it handpicked to be BJP president and also ensured an unprecedented second term for, is accused of allegations that include the suggestion that his business empire is founded in financial malpractices ranging from funding by shell companies to money laundering - charges now being investigated by income tax officials. The possibility of that second term for Mr Gadkari now looks very remote.
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