Ahmedabad: BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said
some people with vested interest had circulated incorrect
information that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had been
issued summons by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to
appear before it on March 21.
"For the past few days there has been this incorrect
information circulated to the media by some interested
quarters that on the March 21 the Gujarat Chief Minister was
supposed to appear before the SIT," Jaitley told reporters.
"But the truth is what has been circulated through an open
letter by the CM (Modi) which states that the date of March 21
has been wrongly circulated by somebody," he said, adding
there was no direct or indirect request to appear before SIT
on March 21.
Jaitley said the entire debate that Modi was supposed to
appear before SIT and did not do so, showing disrespect to
Supreme Court, which constituted the body, lacked any basis.
"He (Modi) will certainly show full respect to SIT. The
Gujarat government and the CM will comply fully with all legal
obligations," the BJP leader said.
Jaitley described the circulation of "incorrect
information" as an attempt by those with vested interest "to
interfere with the due process of law".
PTI
