A day after his mother accused him and his brother of forcing her out of house, leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Ajay Singh on Wednesday said she had become a ‘puppet in the hands of unscrupulous elements’ in the family.
While talking to media persons, Singh said, "It is a sad day for any family when personal matters are dragged into open...Worse, when the enemy lurks within and the motivation for public posturing is purely political.”
"For my mother, I have a simple message. Free yourself from the clutches of people who tutor and terrorise you in the name of love and concern.
let us sit together and resolve matters without the indignity of a public trial," he said.
"My mother is old, not helpless, and far from destitute. Following the demise of my father, she has stubbornly refused my offer of a home with us in Bhopal. Instead, she has chosen to become a puppet in the hands of unscrupulous elements within the family," Singh added.
Without naming anyone, he said they have fomented trouble and widened the rift.
"I have made several attempts to reach out to her and offered her any assistance she might require, only to be rebuffed with stony silence and refusal to sort out contentious issues without third party intervention," he said.
"Out of respect for the memory of my departed father, and the legacy he so painstakingly created, I shall refrain from elaborating any further," the Congress leader said, adding that the allegations made by his mother in her court complaint were pernicious fabrications.
Saroj Kumari has on Tuesday filed a complaint in court alleging that her sons Abhimanyu Singh and Ajay Singh were harassing her and had forced her out of the family house in Bhopal.