New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday stepped up demand for dismissal of controversial Maharashtra Minister Eknath Khadse over alleged corruption and wondered why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not taking action against him.
Party spokesperson Sushmita Dev said that Khadse, who has got embroiled in several controversies, should resign on his own, failing which he needs to be dismissed.
"He must step down from his Ministry for a free and fair investigation. I hope that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi who made many tall promises about eradication of corruption, about emancipation of the poor, will take these significant and important steps", she said targeting the Prime Minister.
Dev alleged that Khadse should also be removed as his telephone records show that he has been in touch with Dawood Ibrahim, the underworld don hiding in Pakistan.
"If you are so serious about corruption, then please apply the same rules, the same standards when it comes to Opposition and the Treasury Benches and his own Party", she told the Prime Minister.
Dev said that though PM spoke against tolerating corruption, yet those accused of involvement in the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, PDS scam in Chhattisgarh and the Lalit Modi controversy, have "all gone unpunished"
Allegations of impropriety in purchase of MIDC plot in Pune and alleged calls from fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's residence to Khadse's mobile has triggered a political storm in the state.
