Political reasons behind Ishrat affidavit: RK Singh

“The main question is who asked for a change and for what reason. Obviously politics was played,” he told PTI. Singh’s predecessor G K Pillai said ex-Home Minister P Chidambaram had changed the affidavit, which originally described Ishrat and her slain aides as LeT operatives. 

Singh, now BJP MP from Bihar, said what was the reason for the change of the affidavit when the Intelligence Bureau had said that Ishrat had links with Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. “She knew about her accomplice Javed Sheikh, that Javed had links with terrorists. She went to two places with Javed. She knew what was she doing with Javed,” he said. 

Pillai on Sunday claimed that as Home Minister during UPA government, Congress leader Chidambaram had recalled the file a month after the original affidavit, which described Ishrat and her slain aides as LeT operatives, was filed in Supreme Court. 

AICC Member Karti Chidambaram has refuted a newspaper’s allegations that his businesses were in conflict with the law. 

On a day when Parliament witnessed repeated adjournments after disruptions by AIADMK members seeking action on former Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti over the Aircel-Maxis issue on Monday, Karti P Chidambaram said his business was fully compliant with all laws and regulations of the country and rejected charges of money laundering.