Amit Shah’s son to sue website over turnover ‘article’

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday vehemently rejected assertions made against party president Amit Shah’s son, Jay Shah, which appeared in a section of the media, even as the Opposition demanded a probe into the news report which claimed that turnover of Jay’s company saw a significant rise after the Modi government came to power in 2014. In a statement issued, Jay described the article as “absolutely false imputation in a slanted article” and said that he would file a Rs 100 crore defamation case in the matter.

Describing the issue as a case of “crony capitalism”, the Opposition, including the Congress, Left and AAP, demanded an investigation. The BJP, however, asserted that Jay’s business are “fully legitimate and conducted in a lawful manner on commercial lines, which is reflected in his tax records and through banking transactions”.

“Today, we ask a question to the Prime Minister, the pradhan sevak... Now, what do you have to say about crony capitalism? Will you give direction to the CBI to probe the matter? Will you ask the ED to arrest these people,” asked senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal. CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury claimed that it is the latest in a series of cases of corruption under the Modi government.

Union minister Piyush Goyal, who was fielded by the BJP after Opposition parties started attacking party president and the Modi government, rejected the charges and said it was not avoiding the issue but has gone on the offensive, as he mentioned about the defamation case in the matter. The Congress, however, questioned why a Union minister defended Jay from an official platform when he should be defending the government.