SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh tweeted on Friday saying the BJP's "supposed" fight on corruption is "laughable" because its chief ministerial candidate's two sons are out on bail in a 2013 corruption case.
Singh was responding to the BJP's recent accusation of corruption in the state government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during an election rally, ridiculed the Congress as a "laughing stock" and said, "I feel the Congress has become a laughing club. The chief minister is himself out on bail..."
In response, Singh's tweets today referred to a corruption case against Prem Kumar Dhumal, the BJP's CM candidate for Himachal in the upcoming elections, and his sons.
In 2014, Dhumal, his son Anurag Thakur, his younger son Arun Dhumal and several other Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) officials were summoned in the case filed in 2013 and registered under Section 13(B) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. All of them were granted bail by the Additional District and Sessions Judge of Dharamsala, also in 2014.
Singh said the BJP didn't have a leg to stand on when it come to the issue of corruption and implied that he attack on him was personal.
Singh is himself embroiled in a corruption case.
In 2015, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 13 locations, including Singh's residence in connection to a disproportionate asset case against him.
. @DhumalHP Ji, your remarks on BJP's supposed fight against corruption made me laugh. Last time I saw, your own sons were out on bail. 1/4
— Virbhadra Singh (@virbhadrasingh)
1509686435000
Singh was responding to the BJP's recent accusation of corruption in the state government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during an election rally, ridiculed the Congress as a "laughing stock" and said, "I feel the Congress has become a laughing club. The chief minister is himself out on bail..."
In response, Singh's tweets today referred to a corruption case against Prem Kumar Dhumal, the BJP's CM candidate for Himachal in the upcoming elections, and his sons.
In 2014, Dhumal, his son Anurag Thakur, his younger son Arun Dhumal and several other Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) officials were summoned in the case filed in 2013 and registered under Section 13(B) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. All of them were granted bail by the Additional District and Sessions Judge of Dharamsala, also in 2014.
Singh said the BJP didn't have a leg to stand on when it come to the issue of corruption and implied that he attack on him was personal.
Let's not forget the time when your party chose a joyous day of wedding of my daughter, Himachal's daughter, to carry out a CBI raid. 4/4
— Virbhadra Singh (@virbhadrasingh)
1509686779000
Singh is himself embroiled in a corruption case.
In 2015, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 13 locations, including Singh's residence in connection to a disproportionate asset case against him.
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