Headlines
RSS chief in Bhopal for Vyapam 'damage control'?
Bhopal, July 11
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has reached Madhya Pradesh, while BJP president
Amit Shah will arrive on Monday, amid speculation about "damage
control" over the recruitment scam that has hit the ruling BJP in the
state.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, however, on Saturday termed them "regular visits".
Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh chief Bhagwat reached Bhopal on Friday evening, and
sources said he was likely to meet Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
over the recruitment scam in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha
Mandal (Vyapam), following which over 40 people have died under
mysterious circumstances.
Asked whether Shah will be discussing
the Vyapam issue, Chouhan told reporters the visit by the BJP chief had
noting to do with the matter.
On Bhagwat's visit, the chief
minister said the RSS was a "cultural organisation" and his was a
regular visit and also had no connection with the Vyapam issue.
The
Supreme Court recently handed over the investigation into the scam to
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It was earlier being probed
by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was reporting to the Madhya
Pradesh High Court.
RSS sources said that on Sunday, Bhagwat will
meet leaders of Sangh-affiliated groups, and also take part in a
coordination meeting of the RSS.
BJP's Madhya Pradesh chief
Nandkumar Singh Chouhan told reporters on Saturday that Shah will review
the mass contact programme in the state as well as in Chhattisgarh.