New Delhi: Beleaguered Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari is likely to meet senior party leader LK Advani on Thursday. Advani is celebrating his 85th birthday on Thursday.
In what was perceived as a snub, the senior leader had skipped the BJP core group meeting in Delhi on Monday night at which the leadership had once again announced its support to Gadkari. Advani is reportedly upset with the RSS for not acting against Gadkari.
RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy, who mediated on behalf of Gadkari following allegations against him of dubious funding by his company Purthi Sugar and Power cropped up, on Wednesday came out in his support saying he is "legally and morally" clear. "Re Gadkari. I examined legal & moral aspect. The 14 questioned cos belong Nagpur group that invested in Purti in 2004 and told IT dept," Gurumurthy, a chartered accountant, tweeted on Wednesday.
"So I am convinced that Nitin has legally nothing to do with the 14 questioned cos. Morally he is clear becos Nagpur has owned them in 2003/4," he further tweeted. Gurumurthy said the companies, which invested in Purti Group, belong to a Nagpur Group, which have no political connections. Gurumurthy, who has been managing the crisis and meeting with senior BJP leaders on behalf of Gadkari and RSS after noted lawyer and party MP Ram Jethmalani openly attacked Gadkari and demanded his immediate resignation as President, said Gadkari was clean.
The BJP president met Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh on Wednesday. Meanwhile, senior lawyer and BJP leader Ram Jethmalani insisted Gadkari needed to resign if the BJP was to reclaim the moral ground in the battle against corruption.
(With additional information from PTI)
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