New Delhi, June 08: Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde today demanded that NCP leader Padam Singh Patil, arrested in the murder case of a Maharashtra Congress leader, should either resign as MP or his party expel him.
Criticising NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s reported statement that Patil is a respectable leader, Munde said, “This is a matter of sorrow that a person accused in murder cases is a respectable person in Pawar’s eyes”.
“I expected Pawar to take action against him. He, however, chose to defend him. Ten crore people of Maharashtra are watching the entire episode,” he added.
Munde also took a dig at UPA government’s claim of providing a clean government, saying “Manmohan Singh is clean but he should also see that those supporting his government also remain clean”.
He accused NCP of giving leadership to a number of “such persons” (who have credentials like Patil) in Maharashtra.
Taking a jibe at NCP’s contention that Patil has been arrested only for inquiry, he said, “the status is clear. CBI is the investigating agency and it has registered the murder case against Patil only after enough inquiry. He is definitely guilty in the case”.
Munde said his party has been raising the issue in the Maharashtra assembly and if required, it will also raise it in Parliament.
—PTI–