Hyderabad, Oct 13 (PTI) Allegations do not make a personguilty and one should not take any "absolutist" position basedon an article, BJP MP Varun Gandhi today said, referring to areport on the business of BJP president Amit Shah's son JayShah.
"My broad generalisation is just because one person haswritten an article does not make a person guilty... withoutevidence and without giving them a fair (chance)," he said.
Reacting to a question by a student of NALSAR Universityof Law here that the government has absolved Jay Shah withoutan investigation, Gandhi said, "I am not defending anybody...Iam not attacking anybody and I am not speaking about oneperson.""My point is everybody needs to have their say if thereis any discrepancy then that is a different matter. But, justbecause one person has raised a finger against somebody doesnot make anybody guilty," he said.
"My point is let us not tarnish the future of one youngman or anyone. Just because somebody has said one thing ormedia has shown it.
"You and I both know that media can often be wrong...
Their interpretations can sometimes be incorrect. So my pointis let us not take any absolutists position... sooner or latereverything becomes transparent," Gandhi said.
A report in a news portal claimed that Jay's businessfortunes zoomed after the BJP came to power in 2014.
Reacting to a query on Rohingya Muslims, Gandhi said,"When I talk about the Rohingya, I said keeping nationalsecurity interests is paramount, do a case by case analysis ofthem and see if there are any wrong elements, and if they arethen don't let them in.
"But if you find innocent people and they are truly inmiserable position then please consider taking a humanitarianview. If you find they are not a great threat to India as somepeople may have suggested then give them asylum.
"I don't think there is anything controversial in what Iam saying... My stand is not against anybody... my stand is avery basic humanitarian stand," Gandhi said.
He added, "We don't have a national asylum policy inIndia. So, every case is treated in an ad-hoc manner. When youtreat things in an ad-hoc manner, political partisanship comesto fore. Have a national policy in place as a country which isapplicable to everybody."In an article written in a Hindi daily, Gandhi said Indiamust give asylum to Rohingya but before that analysis ofgenuine security concerns should be done.
To another query, Gandhi said "when farmers, labourersand certain sections are concerned we will have to give themsocial protection".
He said he is in favour of loan waiver on certainconditions and in certain regions where there is no water.
"I think there should be an agricultural plan forthe country. Because agriculture is a state subject, the localand state governments should be making district-wise plans foragriculture and farmers should be briefed... we need to havedecentralised agricultural planning," Gandhi added. PTI VVKRMTZMN.
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