By IANS,
New Delhi: Tainted former Bahujan Samaj Party leader Babu Singh Kushwaha, who was recently inducted in the Bharatiya Janata Party, has urged party president Nitin Gadkari to put his membership on hold till he is proved innocent of the corruption allegations.
“Till the time, the allegations against me are proved, I will keep the BJP membership on hold,” he said in a letter written in Hindi.
“I am confident of my innocence,” Kushwaha said.
“I am ready for probe by any agency and I have not been charged by any court of law. I don’t have a criminal history,” he added.
A day after Kushwaha was inducted in the BJP, the Central Bureau of Investigation raided his premises in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. The raids caused major embarrassment to the BJP. Several BJP leaders have also protested his inclusion.
Kushwaha is a prominent other backward classes (OBC) leader and was once a trusted lieutenant of BSP supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
He was sacked from the post of family welfare minister in April last year following his alleged involvement in a multi-crore-rupee rural health scam.