Unlike Chidambaram, BJP not vindictive: Gadkari

December 04, 2019 13:19

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari reacts to the Supreme Court order granting bail to P Chidambaram in the INX Media Case.

Gadkari said there is evidence for the cases against Chidambaram. "There have been inquiries, and now the matter is sub-judice and the court will take the decision. We have never been vindictive, on the other hand when Chidambaramji was Home Minister during the Congress rule, he filed false cases against me. He also filed false cases against Modiji & Amit Shahji. Later, we all were proved innocent," Gadkari said.

The Director General of Tihar Prison, Sandeep Goel today said that former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who has been granted bail by the Supreme Court in the INX Media money laundering case, will be released after the jail authorities will get the release order.

"They will take the Supreme Court order to the lower court and submit the sureties and bail bonds there. Then the order to release him from jail will be issued. He will be released once we get the release order," Goel said.''

The top court observed that Chidambaram should not tamper with the evidence and not influence the witnesses. He should also not give press interviews or make public statements in connection with this case. Chidambaram was also directed to furnish a bail bond of Rs 2 lakh plus two sureties of the same amount. The Court said Chidambaram should not leave the country without prior permission of the court.

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