India
oi-Briti Roy Barman
New Delhi, Feb 09: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rubbished Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s allegations that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore’s chair during his recent visit to Santiniketan in West Bengal.
Referring to a letter by Vice-chancellor of Shantiniketan, Shah clarified that there was no violation by him during his visit to the place as he didn’t sit on the chair but on a window.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Amit Shah said the charges levelled against him are devoid of facts.
“I did not sit on Rabindranath Tagore’s chair. I want to clarify in the Lok Sabha that I did not intend to hurt any sentiments,” said Shah, while showing some pictures of Pranab Mukherjee, Rajiv Gandhi and few other political leaders sitting on the window to sign visitor’s book.
Earlier on Monday, while addressing the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged Amit Shah…