BJP on Saturday hit out at the Congress for what it called “malicious allegations” against Union Minister Piyush Goyal questioning his “bonafide business dealings to insinuate wrongdoing and irregularity.”
“The modus operandi of the attack has been to gain cheap political mileage by indulging in a baseless campaign against Goyal with no sound facts to back them but with the only intention of creating false controversies. The falsehoods spread by Congress reflect the desperation since they have nothing to attack the Modi Government by”, the BJP said in a statement rejecting Congress charges leveled against him , last month.
“The facts expose Congress for blatant misrepresentations using falsehoods and malicious propaganda against Goyal who is an eminent chartered accountant, who was carrying out his professional work through his companies, which were also holding his investments, prior to his becoming Minister in May2014. He stopped all professional/ business activities the day he became a Minister, resigned from all directorships and started the process of selling all his investments,” the statement said.
The BJP said the sale of Flashnet shares took place in July 2014 before the declaration of assets and liabilities was submitted on 25th July 2014 and not on 29th Sep 2014 as falsely alleged by the Congress. This sale was made at full market value asper third party, independent, expert valuation and the entire sale value was received in the bank before submitting the declaration and was fully reflected in the value of assets submitted.
The Congress is once again raking up a ten year old issue of Shirdi Industries ltd. where Goyal was a director for a brief period. He had nothing to do with Shirdi after he had resigned as director on 1st July 2010 and some shares held inthat company as investment were sold in December 2013, much before he became a Minister, BJP said.