Congress targets Ram Madhav, RSS leader says he will file defamation suit
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday asked why the CBI or ED is not knocking at the doors of RSS leader Ram Madhav after former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik alleged that he was involved in corruption, a charge strongly rejected by the former BJP general secretary.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) April 11, 2023
Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said in October 2021, Malik had claimed that a senior RSS functionary had offered him a bribe of Rs 300 crore to clear two files related to ”Ambani” when he was the J-K governor. He claimed that in an interview to a YouTube channel on Monday, Malik named the RSS functionary as Madhav.
Asked about it, Madhav told PTI that these are “totally false allegations”.
पूर्व राज्यपाल सत्यपाल मलिक जी ने 300 करोड़ की घूस से जुड़ा एक खुलासा किया है।
खुलासे में उन्होंने RSS के नेता और PM के करीबी राम माधव का नाम लिया है।
ऐसे में 2 ऑप्शन हैं। राम माधव और PM मोदी, सत्यपाल जी पर मानहानि का दावा करें या राम माधव पर कार्रवाई हो।
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”The CBI has already thoroughly investigated the matter. I will be filing defamation charges against the peddlers of these false allegations very soon,” the RSS leader said.
हर मंत्री के यहां RSS ने एक PS-OSD बैठा रखा है।
क्यों बैठा रखा है? क्या डील करने के लिए बैठा रखा है?
या फिर मंत्री पर नजर रखने के लिए कि कहीं मंत्री अकेले डील न कर ले।
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— Congress (@INCIndia) April 11, 2023
Malik was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir between August 2018 and October 2019, and in October 2021 he was the governor of Meghalaya.
”Why is the CBI or ED not knocking at Ram Madhav’s doors, given that a former governor has exposed him,” Khera asked.
The Congress leader said the CBI had openly questioned the former governor at its headquarters but why has Ram Madhav has not been called for questioning yet.
”The ED-CBI raids or interrogates opposition leaders time and again, but why not BJP leaders? Why these double standards? Khera also played out the purported interview of Malik.
BJP के वरिष्ठ नेता, जम्मू-कश्मीर के पूर्व राज्यपाल सत्यपाल मलिक दिल्ली के निजी घर में 1 PSO के साथ रह रहे हैं।
और एक 'गुलाम' जो BJP का नहीं है वो साउथ एवेन्यू के बंगले में Z+ सुरक्षा के साथ रह रहा है।
आखिर सत्यपाल जी को कौन सी सजा दी जा रही है, कौन दे रहा है?
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— Congress (@INCIndia) April 11, 2023
”If Malik is speaking the truth then why the CBI, ED or other agencies have not taken action against Madhav, else there should be action against Malik if his claims are untrue,” he said.
Khera also claimed that Malik has sought Z-plus security as a former governor but he has only been provided a PSO and is living in his own house, whereas former Congres leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has been given a government bungalow and Z-plus security.
Source: Press Trust of India
