Kanpur businessman, who had filed a case of money laundering against the expelled Samajwadi Party general secretary, dares him to an electoral battle
Kanpur businessman, who had filed a case of money laundering against the expelled Samajwadi Party general secretary, dares him to an electoral battle
In the concluding episode of Samajwadi Party's Amar Chitra Katha that was played out on Tuesday, the
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Thakur's hands were finally chopped off.
Shivkant Tripathi, a Kanpur-based businessman who had levelled serious charges of money laundering against Amar Singh, has dared Singh to give up his Rajya Sabha membership and fight a Lok Sabha election to prove his "real worth" as a politician and a leader.
In a letter to Singh, Tripathi said: "It has come to my notice through the media that you have been projecting yourself as a people's politician and a leader with a mass base. Also you have asked your supporters to resign and to contest elections against Samajwadi Party candidates. I dare you to win more than 5,000 votes from any Lok Sabha constituency in the country."
Tripathi also challenged Singh to an electoral battle from any Parliamentary constituency and claimed that, even if he didn't win, he would garner more votes than Singh.
The Kanpur-based social worker had alleged that the former Samajwadi Party honcho is trying to get him killed because he has filed a case of money laundering and fraud worth Rs 500 crore against him.
The 52-year-old businessman was reportedly shot at in the third week of January when he was travelling from Kanpur to Lucknow in his Innova car. "I have been receiving threat calls from Amar Singh's men to withdraw the case I filed against him in 2009.u00a0 The attack was also planned by him to eliminate me. He has been threatening me and my family to file an affidavit and withdraw the case," said Tripathi.
The case of money laundering that Tripathi had filed against Singh has Amitabh Bachchan and Singh's wife, Pankaja Kumari Singh, as co-accused.
The Economic Offence Wing of the Uttar Pradesh police is investigating the case. The next hearing in the case is on March 12.
What transpired through Tuesday |
Less than a month after he resigned from all party posts and started attacking the party leadership, the SP Parliamentary Board, chaired by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, met in Lucknow on Tuesday and decided to expel Amar Singh and Jaya Prada, actress-turned Lok Sabha MP. |
The case against Amar Singh |
>>u00a0An FIR was registered by Kanpur-based businessman Shivakant Tripathi on October 15, 2009 in Kanpur against Amitabh Bachchan and former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, accusing them of being involved in a Rs 500-crore money laundering scam. |