In the meeting of top RSS leaders held on Friday at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, discussions on the controversy surroundings of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari's businesses were carried out and the RSS leaders proclaimed their decision to stand by means of Gadkari. BJP has also been standing Gadkari despite the allegations that hit him and his companies.
Despite the growing allegations of corruption against him, Gadkari is all set to hit the campaign trail in Himachal Pradesh from October 27. Meanwhile, documents were accessed by the media showing that four of Gadkari's very close aides, including his former driver and accountant, have been directors in at least 26 companies and that too within a period of the past four years. Along with this, on Thursday accessed the details of one of the alleged shell companies that invested in Gadkari's Purti Group. Prima facie evidence suggested that shell companies had invested in Purti.
However, Gadkari is at the centre of a raging controversy over funding of PPSL with media reports claiming that major investments and large loans to Purti were made by Ideal Road Builders (IRB) group, which had won contracts between 1995 and 1999. Reports also claimed that shell companies were floated for making investments and their fake addresses were submitted to the Registrar of Companies.
On Tuesday, Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily had said that Registrars of Companies would inquire into the allegations. On his part, Gadkari has denied the allegations and said he was prepared for a probe.
