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The BJP has yet again stood by beleaguered party president Nitin Gadkari, whose business affairs related to Purti Group have been the subject of wild speculation in sections of the media.
The BJP core group insists that there was “no legal or moral wrongdoing” by Gadkari and the party has full faith in his leadership. This, after RSS ideologue and chartered accountant S Gurumurthy cleared the BJP president of the charges of alleged business wrongdoing in an internal audit. Gurumurthy had reportedly been asked by the RSS to study the balance sheet of Gadkari-owned Purti Power and Sugar Limited.
The development came in the wake of veteran lawyer and party’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani pressing for the resignation of Gadkari with the apparent backing of some senior leaders including Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha. Earlier Jethmalani’s son, Mahesh Jethmalani, quit the party’s National Executive as a mark of protest.
The BJP has yet again stood by beleaguered party president Nitin Gadkari, whose business affairs related to Purti Group have been the subject of wild speculation in sections of the media.
The BJP core group insists that there was “no legal or moral wrongdoing” by Gadkari and the party has full faith in his leadership. This, after RSS ideologue and chartered accountant S Gurumurthy cleared the BJP president of the charges of alleged business wrongdoing in an internal audit. Gurumurthy had reportedly been asked by the RSS to study the balance sheet of Gadkari-owned Purti Power and Sugar Limited.
The development came in the wake of veteran lawyer and party’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani pressing for the resignation of Gadkari with the apparent backing of some senior leaders including Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha. Earlier Jethmalani’s son, Mahesh Jethmalani, quit the party’s National Executive as a mark of protest.
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