Resigned to end unnecessary controversy: Ashwani Kumar

May 11, 2013 02:01 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 04:37 am IST - New Delhi

Ashwani Kumar

Ashwani Kumar

Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who was forced to resign on Friday, put up a brave face on Saturday claiming he quit to end an “unnecessary” controversy and maintained that the Supreme Court had made no adverse comments against him in the case of vetting a CBI graft probe report.

Making a brief statement to reporters, he said resignation does not imply “wrongdoing“.

“I have yesterday tendered my resignation to the honourable Prime Minister while thanking him for giving me the opportunity to be a part of his team.

“I have done so to put an end to an unnecessary controversy in a matter which is before the honourable Supreme Court and in which no adverse comments have been made against me in any manner whatsoever. My conscience remains clear and I believe that I will stand vindicated because divine justice ordains that truth and justice will prevail,” Mr. Kumar said in a statement.

Mr. Kumar, who is under attack over vetting of CBI report in the probe into coal block allocation scam, submitted his resignation on Friday.

He also said there are certain political decisions that are considered necessary and he did what the Prime Minister and the party high command thought was appropriate.

Asked whether he has been made a scapegoat, Mr. Kumar refused to make a comment but said he would rather let people make a judgement.

To a poser on his decision to resign if he has done no wrong, he said when resignation papers are put, “they do not, by any stretch of imagination, imply any wrongdoing.”

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