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Cong steps up attack on Amit Shah over turnover spike in son’s firm

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TIRADE: Rahul brings Modi in line of fire accusing his govt of practising crony capitalism -


NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday stepped up its attack over Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah’s business demanding resignation of the BJP chief and Rahul Gandhi bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the line of fire accusing his government of practising crony capitalism.


The Congress also sought a probe into the “sudden spurt” into the turnover of a company belonging to Jay Shah by a two-member commission of Supreme Court judges, questioned the timing of the closure of Jay Shah’s company weeks before demonetisation and the move of Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta deciding to fight the case for Jay Shah.


The BJP hit back accusing Rahul Gandhi of being anti-progress and terming Congress as “sultanate of corruption.” Party leader Smriti Irani also said that Jay Shah’s business was perfectly legitimate and legal and rejected allegations of crony capitalism.


She accused the Congress of attempting to divert attention “from their own scams and misdeeds.”


Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh also took potshots at Rahul Gandhi, saying “this leader fails to come out of his diaper as he does not even pay attention to the fact that the company he is referring to had closed before demonetisation”.


The BJP had on Sunday rubbished the allegations and Jay Shah issued a statement saying the article carried by the website ‘The Wire’ had made “false, derogatory and defamatory imputations” against him.


The Congress offensive on Monday had a national footprint with Rahul Gandhi leading the attack in Gujarat during his tour of the election-bound state and the party holding press conferences at New Delhi, Lucknow and Jaipur. The Kerala unit of the party also issued a statement.


Gandhi spoke to enthusiastic crowds in Nadiad district of Gujarat and took pot shots at the Modi government.


“When it comes to helping, they help only a handful of industrialists. For 10-12 years, Amit Shah’s son’s company had nothing, but started earning only after 2014. ‘Ajeeb duniya hain’ (It’s a strange world).


“He (Jay Shah) started with Rs 50,000, and in a year it jumped to Rs 80 crore. This is ‘Start Up India’, ‘Make in India’,” he said, mocking the Prime Minister’s pet schemes.


Congress leader Anand Sharma held a press conference in the national capital and asked why Temple Enterprises, a firm owned by Jay Shah, shut down four weeks before the November 8 demonetisation.


“We are not levelling any allegations (of criminality) in this. But it should be made public which commodities were exported/imported by Jay Shah’s firm Temple Enterprises and to which countries so that they earned Rs 51 crore from foreign countries and their turnover swelled by 16,000 times,” he said. — IANS


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