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03 December, 2002

Jain dares Ambika Soni

Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, December 2: A former BJP MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, whom the Congress has accused of land grab in Dera Bassi, today dared Political Adviser to Sonia Gandhi, Ambika Soni, and local MP Pawan Bansal to get an inquiry done through the CBI, Vigilance Department, of the Congress government in Punjab or any other agency.
Mr Jain in a statement said he had nothing to do either with the sale or purchase of the DAV society land in Dera Bassi.
Mr Jain challenged the Congress leaders to have a public debate in front of an independent body like Press Club on the issue of two Congress MPs propriety in getting land for Heritage Society to set up Delhi Pubic School.
Terming allegations of land grab as "baseless", he said the Congress leaders were trying to sidetrack the issue of "impropriety" of party MPs.
Mr Jain said the land with which his name had being associated had been sold in 1995 at a time when Mr Bansal the MP.