NEW DELHI: A day after veteran BJP leader and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar’s letter to party chief Amit Shah demanding an internal Lokpal to tackle cases of corruption like Vyapam became public, the saffron party snubbed him for saying so.
The BJP leaders even accused Kumar of getting swayed by the Congress propaganda, and even chided him saying he should have also raised the corruption of Congress CM. Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said, “We generally consider Shanta Kumar a very mature leader. But it seems that he has been carried away by the propaganda of the Congress. Whatever he has said or written, we completely disassociate with Shanta Kumar’s version.”
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while adding that Shah would reply to Kumar’s letter, said, “If his heart were so pained, then he should also have spoken about (CM) Virbhadra Singh.”
The Himachal Chief Minister is facing corruption charges and currently a CBI probe is under way.
Kumar, in his July 10 letter to Shah, said fingers from “Rajasthan to Maharashtra are being pointed at us” while Vyapam scam has “made all of us bow our heads in shame”. As he came under attack, Kumar said he had merely stated his “mann ki baat.”
He, however, said he will abide by whatever decision Modi and Shah took on the matter.