New Delhi: India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday slammed Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for withdrawing the money laundering cases against Amar Singh.
“Money laundering cases withdrawn against Amar Singh? Shameful. Is this criminal justice system? We have to completely overthrow this system,” he tweeted. Mr Kejriwal claimed that Mr Yadav will also withdraw cases against Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid. “Next Mulayam Singh will withdraw cases against Salman Khurshid. Wait n (and) watch. And in return, Congress wud (would) withdraw cases against Mulayam,” he added. The social activist-turned-politician said there was “absolutely no hope for India from present politicians.” He said, “These leaders and the system ought to be overthrown. New young leaders shud (should) take over India.” Kejriwal further said since IAC has started ‘exposing’ politicians, people have started sending it huge amount of infor-mation. In a surprising move, the Uttar Pradesh government yesterday gave clean chit to former party leader Amar Singh when they submitted a ‘final report’ in a local court in Kanpur in connection with money laundering and other charges. Amar Singh, his wife Pankaja Singh, and family friend, actor Amitabh Bachchan came to trouble after the former Bahujan Samaj Party government made a surprise move by registering a case against them in Kanpur on the complaint lodged by a lawyer, Shivkant Tripathi on October 15, 2009.
Mr Tripathi had alleged that Mr Amar Singh, his wife, Mr Bachchan and others had committed financial fraud of more than Rs 500 crore in the previous Mulayam Singh Yadav regime. (UNI)