New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday maintained that the agency is examining the letter written by BJP leader Arun Jaitley levelling corruption allegations against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Sources said the agency had already included the allegations levelled against Singh in a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) registered last year at the request of the State Trading Corporation (STC) which had called for a CBI probe.
Amidst the allegation by BJP of taking bribe, Virbhadra Singh arrived here on Tuesday to present his version to the Congress high command. He slammed the opposition party of indulging in “malicious propaganda” against him and his family.
He is expected to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and possibly Rahul Gandhi to explain his position in the matter. The CBI may also seek clarification from Singh.
While insisting that he had taken no bribe, Singh on Tuesday issued an eight-page statement seeking to rebut Jaitley’s charges point by point.
“Frustrated BJP leaders are fabricating false stories and twisting and tampering facts to suit their convenience. They have been waging the same old issues pertaining to my income tax return and loan taken by my family, which have been replied and clarified time and again and there is nothing material or new in them,” Singh said.
Jaitley dares Virbhadra to file a defamation case
BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday dared Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra to file a defamation case against him for alleging that he had taken bribe from a private power company and said he would cross examine him in court on each of the charges.
“Virbhadra Singh has said that he would consider filing a defamation action against me. He is certainly entitled to do so. In that event I would be pleading truth as defence and cross examining him on each of these issues,” Jaitley, a renowned lawyer, wrote on his Facebook page.
