Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today rejected former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda's charge of political vendetta following CBI raids in connection with alleged irregularities in plot allotment, saying his government would probe any wrongdoing which comes to the fore.
"The Vigilance or CBI probe was ordered when irregularities came to fore. Where is the question of any vendetta in this," Khattar said addressing a rally in Julana town here.
Taking a dig at Hooda, the Chief Minister said that the Congress leader had boasted in the Vidhan Sabha that if any irregularity pertaining to the tenure of his government was found, he was prepared to face any investigation.
"Now, when investigation is going on, why is he worried," Khattar asked.
He said irregularities in the allotment of industrial plots in Panchkula under the Congress rule had come to light after which the matter was handed over to CBI, which was now conducting the probe.
The CBI, which took over the case from the Vigilance Bureau of Haryana, has named Hooda, three former bureaucrats, 13 beneficiaries besides unknown officials of the authority and the state government.
After CBI registered a case on May 16, sleuths of the premier investigating agency had carried out searches two days back at 16 locations including Chandigarh, Panchkula, Faridabad, Delhi, Gurgaon, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Rohtak against the former bureaucrats and beneficiaries who are alleged to have used their "links" to get industrial plots at Panchkula.
After CBI registered the case, Hooda had hit out at the BJP Government, dubbing the move as "witch hunting".
