Intensifying campaign against Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, leader of Opposition in the Assembly Prem Kumar Dhumal on Monday shot off a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday detailing allegation of corruption with facts.
Reacting to Virbhadra’s statement that his family has indulged in money laundering, Dhumal said in his letter, “The money laundering allegation that you have levelled is reflection of your own misdeeds.”
He continued, “You feel by putting false counter allegations against your political adversaries, you can still escape out of fact based graft charges levelled against you. Your diversionary and beating about the bush tactics will not work this time.”
Referring to disclosures in Income Tax investigations, Dhumal said those who indulge in money laundering produce thousands of tonnes of apples in three years and transport them to market on scooters and oil tankers.
Dhumal said such people not only mislead the people of the state but also their party high command by twisting and hiding facts. For safeguarding their post, they get statements issued through their ministers & MlAs, who are not even aware of what statement has been issued.
Dhumal asked 10 questions from Virbhadra Singh on the charges saying that his answers are needed by the people of the state to know the factual position. He further said that it was chief minister’s old tactics that when he is cornered on graft charges, he calls it a conspiracy.
“This time you charged the BJP and Congress leaders for hatching a conspiracy. Kindly explain that producing apples worth crores in your orchards, getting insurance policies worth many crores in your and your family members name, getting unsecured loans worth crores, transporting tonnes of apples on Scooters to market, were these all conspiracies hatched by BJP and your Congress friends IJ Allotment of shares and formation of
“Maple Destination and Dreambuild Pvt. ltd.,” (100 percent owned by your family), was this also a conspiracy by opposition party leaders,” added Dhumal.
leader of opposition then advised the Chief Minister to introspect. “It is time for you to introspect and rather than accusing your political detractors, you must immediately resign. It may so happen that you continue with your combative stance and your top leadership removes you under compulsion,” said Dhumal.
He also wrote a letter to AICC president Sonia Gandhi and said, “I hope by now the matter might have come to your knowledge about the happenings in Himachal Pradesh where the chief minister Virbhadra Singh is trying to mislead the party high command and the public at large about his misdeeds,” said Dhumal.
“We had raised certain issues about the wrong doings of chief ministerand his family. Specific instances and issues were mentioned but he isbeating about the bush and avoiding specific reply. Instead of givingspecific reply, he is trying to misguide the party high command and the common man,” added Dhumal.
Dhumal Questions
Apart from Rs 3.9 crore referred by you, what do you have to say about Rs 2 crore received by your son Vikramaditya in 2011, Rs 60 lakh by your wife Pratibha Singh in February. 2013 and Rs 1.20 rores received by you in May, 2013IJ
nHow much amount has been paid and on what dates against purchase of shares in Tarini Infrastructure by your family membersIJ When you
mentioned 2110 shares in some other unlisted company, how come you forgot to mention about 9.8 lakh shares in your election affidavitIJ
nWhy did you mislead by calling Tarini Infrastructure ltd., a listed company, whereas it is not listed in any of the Stock Exchanges and is
a privately held companyIJ
n You completely concealed information regarding “Maple Destinations and Dreambuild Pvt. ltd.” hich is 100 percent owned by your family and what is the source of crores of rupees invested in this companyIJ
nWhen you had about Rs. 9.5 crores in many of your bank accounts, what was the need to take loan from a person whose Companies have defaulted on bank paymentsIJ
nThe orchardists of Himachal would like to know the formula by which your apple crop rose from 47.35 lakh to 6.56 crores in three years. Is it a mere coincidence that this golden period (2009, 2010 nd 2011) was only for three years, neither before nor afterwardsIJ