NEW DELHI: The BJP seemed headed for a major political crisis with reports that the CBI has found damaging evidence about the endues of hawala funds allegedly received by its president, L.K. Advani, between 1988 and 1991.
While the shocked Leadership of the RSS and BJP is awaiting details about the claimed evidence so that they could deal with the consequences, Advani himself is learnt to have deferred his “parivartan yatra’ by a day. There was talk of his meeting the press in Delhi this week his first after resigning from the Lok Sabha.
Senior colleagues of Advani are at a Joss 10 assess the real political dam age to the party emanating from the to be in the post documents session of the CBI, which allegedly say that Advani’s wife and son had purchased plots in Noida.
BJP circles are also embarrassed over about Advani’s son taking interest in ao industrial unit and also in a prized plot in an upmarket area in east Delhi. They verify the role of a Gujarat BJP leader and the son of another leader in Delhi in this connection.
The time being. BJP leaders are hoping against hope that all this would turn out to be unfounded and Advani’s lawyer would be able to punch enough holes in the CBI’s case when it comes ‘up in the court.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 31, 1996
