BJP demands a credible probe into Maran allegation

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Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, Apr 30 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to institute a ''credible investigation'' into the allegations against Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran on the TATA issue and take suitable action if they were found to be true.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr Advani, who had written a letter in this regard to Dr Singh, last night a copy of which he released to the media, said as a first step, Mr Maran should immediately be shifted to some other ministry, in order to avoid obvious ''conflict of interest'' between his family business and his continuance in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.

He said it was disturbing to read media reports that a union minister was threatening a business group. ''What is reported is not not a simple allegation of favouritism or bribery. Allegation of extortion by a Minister is something unprecedented in Indian politics'' he said and added the issue also involved political ethics.

On the ''freebees'' offered by both the Dravidian parties DMK and AIADMK on the eve of assembly elections, Mr Advani described them as ''competitive claims''.

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