NEW DELHI: Opposition parties today sought a probe into claims in a media report that a company owned by BJP chief Amit Shah’s son saw a huge rise in its turnover after his party came to power in 2014.
The charge was rejected by the BJP and Shah’s son, Jay Amit Shah, who termed the story “false, derogatory and defamatory”.
Training their guns at the Modi Government by citing the news story’s content, the Congress, the Left and the AAP demanded an investigation, with Congress leader Kapil Sibal alleging that it was a case of “crony capitalism”.
CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury claimed that it is the latest in a series of cases of corruption under the Modi Government.
“Today, we ask a question to the Prime Minister, the pradhan sevak … Now, what do you have to say about crony capitalism? Will you give direction to the CBI to probe the matter? Will you ask ED to arrest these people,” Sibal asked at a press conference here.
The demand from the opposition parties came after a media report, with Sibal, citing filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), saying the turnover of Jay Amit Shah-owned Temple Enterprise zoomed by around 16,000 times during 2015-16 from around Rs 80 crore in the previous year. (AGENCIES)
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