Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday alleged that a section of media was "concocting" his statements and warned legal action against the "nefarious and fabricated campaign" against him.
Sharing the full video of his speech, Gadkari, the Road Transport and Highways Minister in the Modi cabinet, warned of legal action if such mischief continued.
“Today, once again, efforts were being made to continue the nefarious and fabricated campaign against me for political mileage on my behest by some section of mainstream media, social media and some persons in particular by concocting my statements at public programmes without context or correct reference,” the minister said in a tweet.
Tagging the PMO, BJP and party chief JP Nadda on Twitter, Gadkari said that he will not hesitate to take legal action against people running the “malicious campaign against him”. Gadkari’s remarks come after a video of him allegedly saying that he will not be affected if he is relieved of his ministerial post and also that the government was not taking decisions in time . “Although, I've never been disturbed by such malicious agendas of fringe elements… all concerned are hereby warned that if such mischief continue I will not hesitate to take them to the law in the larger interest of our Government, Party and millions of our hardworking Karyakartas. Therefore, I'm sharing the link of what I had actually said,” he said in a series of tweets.
Last week , BJP had dropped Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from the parliamentary board, the highest decision making body of the party.
Gadkari also found his omission from the Central Election Committee of party, another key body of the party.