The BJP on Wednesday asked the Congress to explain the “benami transactions” of former finance Minister P Chidambaram’s son and creation of wills. The party MPs also sought to target Chidambaram by raising the Aircel Maxis case in the lok Sabha and demanding immediate filing of an FIR by CBI so that the guilty could be brought to book soon in the “open and shut case”.
While detailing party’s response on the alleged VVIP Chopper scam at a Press conference, senior BJP leader and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy hit out at Chidambaram’s son Karti and his alleged “benami transactions” and maintained that wills have been made so that “property comes back to the child and the family only”.
Earlier, raising the issue during zero hour in the lower House, BJP Nishikant Dubey said dramatic developments were taking place in the case after the Enforcement Directorate’s raids on firms linked to the scam.
One of the raids has revealed that the grand-daughter of the former Finance Minister was the sole beneficiary in the will of four shareholders of a firm associated with the scam, making it an “open and shut case”, he claimed.
Without taking Chidambaram’s name, Dubey alleged that his son enjoyed ownership of some of the suspect firms having assets abroad.
He alleged that the UPA rule reeked of corruption as he named some companies allegedly involved in the case.
“CBI must file an FIR at the earliest so that the guilty could be brought to book”, he said amid protests from Congress members including Mallikarjun Kharge and KC Venugopal.
Congress’ Jyotiraditya Scindia was heard protesting to the Speaker as to why “double standards” were being adopted as the party was not allowed to raise the VVIP chopper scam issue on which it had given notice for an adjournment motion, but this one was allowed.
BJD’s Bhartruhari Mahtab and Tathagata Satpathy demanded that the Government respond in the matter.