Beni Prasad backs Khurshid, says Rs 71 lakh is too low for a scam

Oct 15, 2012 |

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Supporting his colleague and party man Salman Khurshid, Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma came up with a statement that did not go down well with many.

Quizzed on the NGO row Khurshid found himself troubled in, Beni Prasad said, “Rs. 71 lakh is too little for a minister like him to get into a scam. I would have taken it seriously if the amount was Rs 71 crore.”

He also used the ‘opportunity’ to slam India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal, who had levelled allegations against Khurshid and his wife Louise Khurshid. “Kejriwal talks all the time. People who talk all the time are insignificant.”

Earlier on the day, Kejriwal alleged that most of the beneficiaries of eqipment meant for handicapped people distributed by a trust run by Law Minister Salman Khurshid were ‘fictitious names’.

Kejriwal, who on Sunday said he would produce more ‘evidence’ against Khurshid whom he has accused of forgery and embezzlement of funds through an NGO, said IAC members tried to locate the people given wheelchairs, hearing aids and tricycles by the trust, but found most of them to be ‘fictitious’.

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