New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had come forward to defend Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his son Pankaj Singh and claimed the reports ‘plain lies’.
Modi had issued a statement on Wednesday which dubbed allegations of corruption leveled against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his son as ‘plain lies’ and ‘motivated’.
The PMO had tweeted that the rumors were a ‘malicious attempt at character assassination and tarnishing the image of the Government.’
PMO had issued an official statement which slammed the reports claiming that Rajnath Singh was upset over the denial of a ticket to his son for the upcoming UP bypolls for the Noida seat.
Statement said, “This has reference to reports appearing in a section of the media over the past several weeks, mentioning the Prime Minister, and referring to the conduct of some Union Ministers, and alleged misconduct of the Home Minister’s son. The reports are plain lies, motivated and constitute a malicious attempt at character assassination and tarnishing the image of the Government. Those indulging in such rumor-mongering are damaging the interest of the nation.”
Notify that Rajnath Singh had himself rejected reports that his son Pankaj Singh being denied a bypoll ticket due to corruption allegations. Singh said those reports about him and his family are baseless.
Bureau Report
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