Kejriwal to produce fresh evidence against Khurshid

India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday is expected to produce fresh evidence against law minister Salman Khurshid, whom he has accused of forgery and embezzlement of funds through an NGO with which he and his wife are associated. "We will produce fresh evidence



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against Salman Khurshid at 11am on Monday," Kejriwal said on Sunday hours after Khurshid produced pictures and documents to prove camps were held for the disabled in Uttar Pradesh, for which the funds were utilised.
The minister also rebutted allegations of forgery and embezzlement of funds against an NGO with which he and his wife are associated.

However, Kejriwal dismissed Khurshid's defence.

"Till Khurshid remains the law minister, he can destroy each and every evidence against him. There will be no fair inquiry into it," he said.

Kejriwal also questioned why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is silent on the episode.

"Why is prime minister silent over the issue? Does he think Khurshid need to resign?" he asked.

Law minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday admitted the need for probing "forgery" of signatures of an Uttar Pradesh government official but denied allegations of embezzlement by his NGO.

Addressing a crowded press conference at his residence, Khurshid produced documents and pictures to prove that camps were held in Uttar Pradesh to provide hearing aids and tricycles to the disabled. He said he will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "share his experiences".

Khurshid denied any wrongdoing by the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, of which he is president and wife Louise is project director, and said he would pursue legal action against a TV news channel which first aired allegations of financial misappropriation in the running of the trust.

The minister lost his cool during the press conference after arguments with correspondents of the TV news channel, and at one point, even stood up to end the interaction and asked a journalist from the channel to shut up and leave.

An agitated Khurshid said he will see the media group in the court.

Referring to a "draft" Comptroller and Auditor General report (CAG) which pointed to irregularities in the running of the trust, Khurshid said it had not been given documents but would factor them in in the future.

"Documents were given to the ministry. Why (they) did not get to CAG, don't know," he said.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a probe into the allegations of forgery while Khurshid earlier told a TV channel in an interview that he would resign if allegations of his involvement in any forgery were proved to be true and leave politics.