Bhilwara, Nov 19: Defending Dilip Singh Judeo who resigned as Union Minister in the wake of bribery allegations against him, Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani today described him as a great fighter against forcible conversions in Chhattisgarh. "Judeo has no (no) dearth of money. He actually spends money on others. But he fights against forcible religious conversions into Chiristianity," he said at an election rally. Hinting that the video CD that purportedly showed Judeo accepting money from a representative of an Australian firm for mining could have been doctored by Chattishgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, he said people of the state did not hold Congress in high esteem. "People are terrorised there and they say Jogi can do anything," Advani said.

Judeo probably had to pay for his opposition to forcible religious conversions, he said.

Claiming that the BJP was a party with a difference, Advani said immediate resignation from ministry by Judeo, who himself sought a CBI inquiry into the whole episode, showed that "we stand on a high moral pedestal."
Ridiculing Congress for its statements against corruption, Advani said that Jayaprakash Narayan had described the party as fountainhead of corruption in the country. Bureau Report