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Need to maintain probity in public life, I resigned after Hawala Scam: LK Advani
New Delhi, June 28 (IBNS): In an indirect dig at the Narendra Modi government in the wake of the controversy over External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) patriarch LK Advani on Saturday said there is a need to maintain probity in public life.
He also recalled how he resigned soon after his name cropped up in the Hawala scam.
"For a politician, to command people's trust is the biggest responsibility. What morality demands that is 'rajdharma' and need to maintain probity in public life," Advani was quoted as saying by the Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika.
Advani resigned as an MP in 1996 following allegations of his involvement in the infamous Hawala scam.
This comes amid a raging controversy involving Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje for allegedly helping former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's application for immigration to the UK in 2011. Since the news came to surface, Oppositions are demanding the resignation of the the two BJP bigwigs from their respective posts.
However, Advani refrained himself from commenting on the controversy involving Raje.
"I am far away from all this. So I don't have anything to comment. I am not in the decision making and so I have no comments to offer in the matter," he added.
"The day allegations were raised against me based on Jain diaries that evening itself sitting in my house in Pandara road I took the decision to resign(as MP). It was no one else's decision, it was mine. Soon after I called up (Atal Bihari) Vajapyee to inform my decision. He asked me not to resign but I did not listen to anyone," he told the newspaper.
"People vote for us in elections. So commitment to the people is most important," said the senior leader.
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