BJP hits back at Cong on allegations against Dhingra panel

BJP today hit back at Congress for making allegations against the Justice S N Dhingra Commission, saying the Opposition party is raising a "hue and cry" as it "fears that the outcome of the panel's report can go against its leaders."
The one-man panel, set up to probe into grant of land licences to some companies including that of Robert Vadra's in Gurgaon during the Congress rule in Haryana, had yesterday sought six weeks more time to submit its report.
"It is like 'Chor ke darhi me tinka' (having guilty conscience). They (Congress leaders) feel that something can go against them in the report. That is why they are making baseless accusations against Dhingra Commission. Through leveling allegations, they are trying to fight it out," BJP general secretary and in-charge of Haryana, Anil Jain alleged.

Yesterday, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala had claimed that "Justice S N Dhingra has sought favours from the Government of Haryana pertaining to Justice Gopal Singh Public Charitable Trust in Gurgaon, making him incompetent and unsuitable to deliver any verdict or report in the matter."
Earlier, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda too had sought scrapping the Dhingra Commission of Inquiry, claiming it was "contrary to established rules and norms, without due cabinet approval and prompted by malice and political considerations".
Jain hit out at Congress alleging, "Whatever commissions they formed were right and rest are incompetent. Congress' policy has been that its leaders should remain protected."

Refuting allegations that the panel was formed to target a "particular persons", he said, "If we had to target any particular person or persons, then we would have done it at the initial time (when the government was formed)."

"No particular person was targeted... The panel is probing several cases pertaining to grant of land licences," the BJP leader said.
On Surjewala's allegations, Dhingra had asked, "Did I receive favours myself? We (the Trust) told (Gurgaon) DC that you have Gram Panchayat funds to lay paver on the roads. My Trust was not sanctioned even a penny."
The term of Dhingra Commission of Inquiry, set up in May 2015, was earlier extended twice by the state government. In December, 2016 it extended the panel's term for six months and on June 17 it was extended till June 30.