Tejasvi Surya replies to #MeToo allegations against him
Bengaluru: BJP Bengaluru South Constituency Candidate Tejasvi Surya on Thursday added that Dr. Som Datta, who labeled allegations against him was his friend and that she herself took down the tweets she had posted earlier. “She said she don’t want to make a issue out of it and I will respect her sentiments and won’t take it forward” he said.
“She has deleted the tweets by herself, and regretted posting those tweets. So media or anyone else should not make a issue of that now” he added while replying to charges labeled against him by Dr. Som Datta under the #MeToo movement.
Speaking further, he said “I am new to politics, and to get into politics one has to face many opposition and conspiracy against themselves. So I believe this is also part of it. It was a pre-planned anti-propaganda against me”.
“As I am new into politics, it is quite natural that people will oppose and my enemies will increase. Even my idols Modi and Amit Shah had faced opposition and criticism in their political careers. Now they have come out of it so even I hope I will come out of it” he noted.
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Cash row: Probe panel confirms allegations against Justice Varma, CJI seeks his reply
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court-appointed panel has confirmed the cash discovery allegations against Allahabad High Court's Justice Yashwant Varma in its inquiry report, sources have said. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna is also learnt to have nudged the judge to step down in view of the critical findings in the report.
The CJI has forwarded the panel's report to Justice Varma and sought his reply following the principle of natural justice, the sources said.
The report was submitted to the CJI by the three-member panel comprising Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice G S Sandhawalia and Justice Anu Sivaraman of the Karnataka High Court. It was finalised on May 3.
The panel analysed evidence and recorded the statements of over 50 people, including Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and Delhi Fire Service chief who were among the first responders to the fire incident at Justice Varma's Lutyens Delhi residence at around 11.35 pm on March 14. He was Delhi High Court judge at the time.
Sources said the panel found clear evidence to confirm the allegations that a huge stash of cash was found in the storeroom of Justice Varma's official residence at the time of fire incident. The allegation was repeatedly denied by the judge in his reply to the Delhi High Court chief justice.
The sources said CJI Khanna, who is set to superannuate on May 13, is likely to take the issue to its logical conclusion and has informally discussed the findings of the report with senior collegium members of the apex court.
The controversy was raised following a news report in the cash discovery row and led to several steps, including a preliminary inquiry by Delhi High Court Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya, judicial work being taken away from Justice Varma in the Delhi High Court, and later his transfer to the Allahabad High Court sans judicial work.
On March 24, the apex court collegium recommended the repatriation of Justice Varma to his parent Allahabad High Court.
On March 28, the top court asked the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court not to assign any judicial work for now to Justice Varma.
