The law minister also said, "I have been working with a pen for a long time. Now it is time to replace ink with blood."
NEW DELHI: Facing graft allegations, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today threatened India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal daring him to visit the minister's constituency Farrukhabad.
Launching a bitter attack on Kejriwal, Khurshid was qouted by NDTV saying: "I don't give a visa to go there but it's a long road to Farrukhabad ...it is 300 km away. Let's get there first. Let him go there, but he should keep in mind that he has to return as well."
The law minister also said, "I have been working with a pen for a long time. Now it is time to replace ink with blood."
Reacting to Khurshid's statement, Kejriwal said that this was a threat to his life and such language does not befit the country's law minister.
He also said that killing him won't help as India has awakened and if one Kejriwal is killed there will another 100 to take his place.
In a tweet, Kejriwal posted that Khurshid threatened to kill him and said it would be better that the Congress party "sensed the anger of people and took some concrete steps against corruption".
Launching a bitter attack on Kejriwal, Khurshid was qouted by NDTV saying: "I don't give a visa to go there but it's a long road to Farrukhabad ...it is 300 km away. Let's get there first. Let him go there, but he should keep in mind that he has to return as well."
The law minister also said, "I have been working with a pen for a long time. Now it is time to replace ink with blood."
Reacting to Khurshid's statement, Kejriwal said that this was a threat to his life and such language does not befit the country's law minister.
He also said that killing him won't help as India has awakened and if one Kejriwal is killed there will another 100 to take his place.
In a tweet, Kejriwal posted that Khurshid threatened to kill him and said it would be better that the Congress party "sensed the anger of people and took some concrete steps against corruption".
"Whatever he has said does not behove the law minister of the country
and if one Arvind dies hundred of Arvinds are there to sacrifice
themselves.. The Congress party has lost touch with the country and it
is high time the party realized this," he said.
Meanwhile,
India Against Corruption, the group that Kejriwal is associated, said
that they will not bow down to threats and will go to Farrukhabad.
"Khurshid can do what he wants," the IAC said.
The IAC has also sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention in the matter.
Ending his four-day stir against law minister in the Capital on Monday, Kejriwal had announced that he would be taking the fight to Khurshid's home turf - his constituency, Farrukhabad, in Uttar Pradesh.
The first protest rally against alleged embezzlement of a Rs. 71-lakh central grant by Khurshid's family trust will be held there on November 1.
The decision to shift base came as India Against Corruption's request to meet the PM was turned down yet again and senior ministers ruled out Khurshid's resignation.
Allegations against Khurshid
Kejriwal alleged that Khurshid and his wife Louise had "siphoned off" the funds provided by the central government for disbursing it among the disabled in Uttar Pradesh by forging signatures of state government officials regarding aid camps in 10 districts that were never held.
"We demand that Khurshid be arrested immediately and be dismissed from the government. If he remains in the council of ministers, he will destroy all the evidence that is available against him and his family, apart from coercing government officials to toe his line," the IAC leader, who had launched a political party recently, said.
Kejriwal's protest began following a TV channel expose that Khurshid's NGO had siphoned off Rs.71 lakh.
"Khurshid can do what he wants," the IAC said.
The IAC has also sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention in the matter.
Ending his four-day stir against law minister in the Capital on Monday, Kejriwal had announced that he would be taking the fight to Khurshid's home turf - his constituency, Farrukhabad, in Uttar Pradesh.
The first protest rally against alleged embezzlement of a Rs. 71-lakh central grant by Khurshid's family trust will be held there on November 1.
The decision to shift base came as India Against Corruption's request to meet the PM was turned down yet again and senior ministers ruled out Khurshid's resignation.
Allegations against Khurshid
Kejriwal alleged that Khurshid and his wife Louise had "siphoned off" the funds provided by the central government for disbursing it among the disabled in Uttar Pradesh by forging signatures of state government officials regarding aid camps in 10 districts that were never held.
"We demand that Khurshid be arrested immediately and be dismissed from the government. If he remains in the council of ministers, he will destroy all the evidence that is available against him and his family, apart from coercing government officials to toe his line," the IAC leader, who had launched a political party recently, said.
Kejriwal's protest began following a TV channel expose that Khurshid's NGO had siphoned off Rs.71 lakh.
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