Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Kapil Sibal joked to Amit Shah for his red diary statement and wondered, if the Union minister really has the “red diary”, why wouldn’t he reveal the details of the corruption?
Sibal told ANI news agency: “Does he have the red diary. Amit Shahji, can you tell me if you have the red diary. If you have the red diary, why don’t you tell the people of the country about that corruption?” details?”
“You don’t have the red diary, you don’t make the red diary, and yet you make accusations without knowing anything.”
Shah on Saturday called for Prime Minister Ashok Gehlot to resign amid the red diary controversy. Shah suggests that the diary contains incriminating evidence of corruption by the Congress government in Rajasthan, implying that Gehlot’s reluctance indicates concern over its contents.
Amit Shah said, “Nowadays Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot is very afraid of the red diary. But why is he afraid? Black deeds are hidden in the red diary. The red diary contains details of the corruption worth crores.”
While addressing a public meeting in the city of Gangapur, Amit Shah said, “The BJP government has increased the budget for farmers six times and formed a cooperative ministry, the Congress did nothing for the farmers.”
What is the Red Diary?
Former Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Gudha, recently sacked from the cabinet for criticizing his government, has revealed excerpts from a ‘Red Diary’ he owns. The diary is said to reveal Prime Minister Ashok Gehlot’s involvement in illegal financial activities and the corrupt behavior of the state congress. Gudha presented three pages from the diary as evidence and promised more revelations in the future.
After Gudha’s revelation of the Red Diary, the Bharatiya Janata Party called it a “Bofors moment” for the state government.
“The ‘red diary’ reveals not only the actions of Rajasthan CM, but also his son… This is Bofor’s moment for the government of Rajasthan as the allegations come from the government itself,” said BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi.
“In 2G (scams) there was a report from the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) and a court observation. During Bofors, Rajiv Gandhi’s minister, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, made the same accusations. Today, Rajendra Gudha made allegations against his own government led by Ashok Gehlot. So I can say that this is going to be a Bofors moment for the government of Rajasthan,” he added.
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Updated: August 27, 2023, 1:01 PM IST