Raipur, Nov 16: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi today blasted the Centre and the BJP for not seeking resignation of Union Minister Dilip Singh Judeo for allegedly taking bribe saying it was so because the minister belonged to a "royal family". At a press conference here, he also said he would move the court for defamation against BJP for levelling "baseless charges and falsehoods" against him that he was behind the taping of the episode in which Judeo was allegedly involved.

"The Centre promptly filed a CBI case against me because I had only written a letter to the Prime Minister that the IB was trying to implicate me. They were also fast in asking for the resignation of former BJP president Bangaru Laxman for a much lower amount. "But so far, nothing has been done in case of Judeo, even after the entire nation and the world has seen him on video clips played by television purportedly showing him accepting money", Jogi said.

"Neither the Central government, nor the Prime Minister or his representatives have reacted so far. This is because he (Judeo) belongs to a royal family", he said.

Bureau Report