'Suicidal' BJP expelled me due to black money campaign: Jethmalani


New Delhi, May 30: Noted lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani threatened to “expose” the “undesirable elements” within BJP and suggested that his expulsion from the party’s primary membership was done because of his campaign against black money.

At the same time, Jethmalani refused to find fault with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is also part of the BJP’s Parliamentary Board that took the decision to expel him for six years on charges of “breach of discipline”.

Terming the action against him as “stupidity”, the 89-year-old lawyer alleged that there are people within the party who do not wish to speak about black money and recover it from the criminals.

“There are undesirable elements in the party, who are out to demolish the party from within. They are in league with the corrupt rulers, whom I want to displace. And the cause of my expulsion is the presence of those undesirable elements in the party. I will not rest content till I expose them,” Jethmalani told news channel Times Now from New York.

“I have no doubt that they are ashamed of the campaign against black money that I have started…the leadership of this party refused to support me in my demands (regarding repatriation of black money) against the Congress party,” he added.

He said BJP was on a “suicidal course”. “My confidence in the stupidity of these leaders stands confirmed…They are going to lose millions of votes due to this stupid action,” the rebel BJP MP said.

Maintaining that he has no ambition for any ministerial post, Jethmalani said his only aim is to dislodge the “corrupt rulers”. He spoke at length about his campaign against black money.

Asked about Modi, he said that he still believes that Modi is the best Prime Ministerial candidate and better than anyone else in BJP.

Jethmalani, who had been critical of the BJP leadership and had revolted against then party chief Nitin Gadkari, was today expelled from the party’s primary membership for six years on charges of “breach of discipline”.

  

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  • Umesh Salian, Uppala / Dubai

    Thu, May 30 2013

    RJ...... we need legal luminaries like you to come forward and expose
    all those black horses who
    digs a big whole to process of development of mother country for the sake of thier own stingy and filthy politics

    Let the country prosper.. let the younger generation prosper... Let India.. prosper

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  • Krishna, Mangalore

    Thu, May 30 2013

    dear JET, please disclose everything. Let the nation know who are Patriots, Traitors and Terrorists.

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  • Anil D.G., Mangalore

    Thu, May 30 2013

    How can you trust this arrogant, dishonest, unprincipled and conceited lawyer?

    He took up the defense of Manu Sharma, prime accused in the Jessica Lall murder case.

    He defended stock market scamsters Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh.

    Defended Amit Shah (Gujarat's former Minister of State for Home) in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.

    Defended Yeddyurappa's case on illegal mining scam.

    At one point, he even defended Afzal Guru (Parliament attack case). After he joined Bharatiya Janta Party in 2010, when he was asked why he had defended Afzal Guru against his death sentence when his party was in support of it, he replied that he had meant "that such indoctrinated elements (like Afzal) shouldn’t be allowed to die easily, but they should made to rot in jails.

    I rest my case, your honour.

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  • Vincent, Mangalore

    Thu, May 30 2013

    Why is it that our politicians suddenly become honest and threaten exposure of criminal corruption only once they are booted out from their seats? Should they not be held accountable as accessories to the crime considering they had this information all along but did nothing about it?

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  • Ismail Shaikh, Moodbidri/Dubai

    Thu, May 30 2013

    When he has been get a kick on the back his brain started working and revealing the hidden truth of BJP leaders corruption and black money issue

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  • AMAR NATHAL, MANGALORE

    Thu, May 30 2013

    Jethmalani Stupidity! When expelled from the Party brain dead man came alive!

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore/Bengalur

    Thu, May 30 2013

    What Mr.JET malani has said might be true as he has seen the cadres/leaders closely.Off late BJP party once looked upon a party with principles has lost its charm.It is a bunch of cunning crooks at the helm of affairs.Party affairs of its Karnataka unit is matter to judge from thing angle.Most of its cadres are like Shakuni Ananthakumar....To be in the party one must be a crook and cunning and capable of doing corruption in whatsoever way posssible.

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  • Vincy, Bangkok

    Thu, May 30 2013

    Rememember !!!! the statement is from a well educated powerful lawyer who was once law minister with NDA.

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